Stop Being Your Symptoms And Start Being Yourself: The 6-week Mind-body Program to Ease Your Chronic Symptoms - Softcover

Barsky, Arthur J.; Deans, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061121045 ISBN 13: 9780061121043

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007

Synopsis

Based on the techniques and principles of mind-body medicine, a groundbreaking guide to wellness offers a six-week program designed to help readers ease troubling symptoms of chronic illnesses, including headaches, insomnia, fatigue, acid indigestion, weak muscles, and bloating. (Health & Fitness)

About this title

Synopsis:

Nearly 20 per cent of people in the UK suffer from chronic debilitating symptoms that respond only partially to conventional medical treatment. Discomforts such as fatigue, insomnia, headaches, weak muscles, acid indigestion, and bloating cost the nation hundreds of pounds in health care expenses and lost productivity. Until now, no other book has relied on scientific evidence to provide a mind-body treatment specifically proven to ease the pain and distress of any chronic symptom. Based on over 20 years of clinical experience, scientifically tested at Harvard Medical School, and studied via a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the authors have developed a set of essential skills for overcoming the symptoms of chronic illnesses of every kind. The treatment is unique, powerful, and simple to learn. Readers are taught to stop worrying about being sick, and to start thinking about living well. This involves mastering the five psychological factors that make chronic symptoms persist. In a few short weeks, symptoms that have plagued so many for so long can be significantly relieved.

About the Author:

Arthur J. Barsky, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of psychiatric research at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is the author of Worried Sick and is a widely recognized authority in his field. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061121045
• ISBN 13: 9780061121043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307