The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy

Robert Ornstein; David Sobel

ISBN 10: 1883536170 / ISBN 13: 9781883536176

Published by Malor Books, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries ...

Publisher: Malor Books

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

The Healing Brain presents an easy to read, amusing, entertaining – yet highly authoritative account of how our brain "minds" our body – actively guarding and defending our health and well-being. Robert Ornstein, a neurologist, and David Sobel, a physician, highlight the themes most important to understand this fascinating science. They explain that, contrary to many of our assumptions about the main purpose of our brain – that it evolved primarily for "higher-thinking" – in fact, the brain works tirelessly to adapt to the changing world around us. This essential reference book helps us understand our brain as the original "health maintenance organization"– giving us the understanding we need to help our brain do what it does best – guarding our health, and helping us to heal.

Review:

HEALING BRAIN is an exciting 'must read' book packed with thought-provoking, creative metaphors and seminal paradigms for all with a medical-psychological appreciation of life processes. It sets the stage for every reader becoming an informed participant in the incipient breakthroughs in psychoneuroimmunology, even anticipating new developments in chaos theory. Every chapter provoked, stimulated, and sharpened my thoughts about my role as a physician-healer as opposed to being a physician-technician.'' --Charles F. Stroebel, Ph.D., M.D. "The quality of presentation is excellent, and the information presented represents the current state of thought in this emerging scientific specialty....Professionals as well as college students at all levels will find this volume to be a valuable reference source on the topic." -- Science Books and Films "The quality of presentation is excellent, and the information presented represents the current state of thought in this emerging scientific specialty....Professionals as well as college students at all levels will find this volume to be a valuable reference source on the topic." --"Science Books and Films"