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Headline stories in The New York Times and other major publications have heralded the breakthroughs being made by Dr. Howard S. Friedman and his colleagues at the University of California in understanding the disease-prone and self-healing personalities. Dr. Friedman demonstrates that no single diet, fitness or self-improvement programs can promise health, for each of us possesses a unique combination of genetic makeup, behavioral habits and emotional responses. What are the health effects of our chronic mood states? How are heart disease, cancer, arthritis, and other diseases related to personality? How can the disease-prone personality be altered? This book answers these questions in terms of the ideal of homeostasis one s own best combination of physiological and psychosomatic control factors that help one realize a truly self-healing personality.
Enhance and preserve your health with this exciting, authoritative interdisciplinary book by one of the foremost experts on health psychology!
Headline stories in The New York Times and other major publications have heralded the breakthroughs being made by Dr. Howard S. Friedman and his colleagues at the University of California in understanding the disease-prone and self-healing personalities. Dr. Friedman demonstrates that no single diet, fitness or self-improvement programs can promise health, for each of us possesses a unique combination of genetic makeup, behavioral habits and emotional responses. What are the health effects of our chronic mood states? How are heart disease, cancer, arthritis, and other diseases related to personality? How can the disease-prone personality be altered? This book answers these questions in terms of the ideal of homeostasis one s own best combination of physiological and psychosomatic control factors that help one realize a truly self-healing personality.
Enhance and preserve your health with this exciting, authoritative interdisciplinary book by one of the foremost experts on health psychology!
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