Deceits of the Mind and Their Effects on the Body
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (500 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 088738398X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 307 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The interactions between mind-body dynamics and health are complex and unclear, but increasingly research evidence points to significant clinical relevancy for this association. Goldberg presents a compelling argument for reevaluating the traditional medical model of the disease process, refocusing on the relationship of mind-body interactions as a fundamental component of disease, and suggesting that this relationship is more encompassing than the traditional psychosomatic models suggest… This thesis is well developed and organized, and the text is well written, readable, and comprehensible to students and general readers as well as professionals. Valuable notes.” —R. Her writing is of a clarity and vivacity that will enlighten and delight her lay
Goldberg is a psychoanalyst in private practice. She is on the faculty of the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and is director of La Casa Resort Spa in Puerto Rico and La Casa Day Spa in New York City. Jane G. She is the author of Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Cancer Patients, and Deceits of the Mind (and Their Effects on the Body), and the La Casa Whole
"One to read and re-read. Well done." according to Howard Gelfman EOTE. A must read as is all of her books. It's healthy food for thought.
Although books on the mind/body dynamic usually end with the basic principle of mind affecting the body, this is the point at which Jane Goldberg's Deceits of the Mind begins.Goldberg begins by challenging the traditional medical model of the disease process. Deceits of the Mind is a major effort at developing a comprehensive theory of disease, one incorporating knowledge of how the mind works, how the body works, and how the two interface. She shows how, in disease conditions, psychosis can exist in the body, not just the mind, and how the cancer process is embedded in the mind, not just the body.. A malfunction at any level of mind or body, she says, is reflected in all other levels. She describes the variety of psychological and biological methods of defense the human organism has available to it, and how these go awry in the formation of disease.Moving beyond the traditional psychosomatic postulate of mind affecting body, Goldberg goes a step farther, and proposes the adventuresome notion that mind and body imitate each other. She shows that an organism's ability to defend itself is crucial to the maintenance of