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The Sickening Mind: Brain, Behaviour, Immunity and Disease (Paperback)

by Paul Martin (Author)

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (5 Jan 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0006550223
ISBN-13: 978-0006550228
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Explains a new field of scientific research, exploring how psychological and emotional factors influence health through their effects on behaviour and the immune system. Martin analyzes how the brain and the immune system interact, and presents new evolutionary biological perspectives on some fundamental problems in the realm of health and sickness

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5.0 out of 5 stars A readable and fascinating book for expert and layman,, 26 Jul 1999

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This erudite and immensely readable book explores the interaction between mind and the immune system. Drawing on three millenia of literature (as evidence of the human experience), and very recent research, Martin demonstrates that (crudely) how you feel affects your immunity to disease, and how your immune system affects the way you feel. To summarise it crudely, Martin demonstrates that just as cleaning your teeth daily may not of itself prevent you getting bad teeth - but not doing so makes it considerably more likely - so a low state of mental health renders each of us more likely to suffer from disease, slower to recover, and to live for a shorter period. Along the way, Martin suggests that suppressing the symptoms - such as taking pills to reduce fever - itself prolongs disease.

This is a book for the expert, but also for anyone who is broadly interested in health. Easy and fascinating reading. R J McL

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4.0 out of 5 stars A highly complex area made readable, 24 Nov 2003

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THe field of psychoneuroimmunology is tricky even for those working in it. This author has nonetheless managed to popularize it, summarizing the main findings and, crucially, the limitations of the research so far. Absolutely fascinating, the only thing I would change is to add more material.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Debunks contemporary myths about stress-related illnesses, 7 Jul 2003

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It's rare to turn the page of a newspaper without finding some mention of that curiously modern condition, the stress-related illness. But is there any real evidence of this phenomenom, and if so, how and why does it exist? Martin's book tries to address these questions, but ultimately only really succeeds in answering the former. The bulk of the book consists of summaries of vast ranges of scientific studies, showing statistical links between various forms of mental stress and an increased risk of falling prey to disease. These sections have a list-like feel to them, making them a chore to read even with Martin's frequent dips into classical literature for fictional parallels. The really interesting questions, that of how the stressed brain alters the immune system and why such links evolved, are only touched on briefly, and even then speculatively. This presumably reflects the current state of affairs, and the book does succeed in debunking a few myths about stress and illness, but leaves the reader feeling with more questions than answers. Still a recommended read, but gives no deep insight into the problem.

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