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Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions and Relationships Paperback – 28 June 2005
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Detailing the latest scientific findings regarding the relationship between the mind and body, this text discusses how attitudes and emotions directly affect physical health and well-being.
Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, including a professional health educator who is deeply involved in Mind/Body research and an MD/Internist who specializes in Mind/Body practices, this text details current global findings on the relationship between the mind, body, and health. The authors show that negative emotions such as anger, depression, and anxiety can adversely affect physical health while positive emotions such as humor and optimism can serve to improve health and increase longevity. Relationships between physical health and spirituality, attitude, medicine, and various social factors are explored. The authors stress the importance of health choices and lifestyle factors on overall health and well-being, while laying groundwork for continued research in Mind/Body medicine in the 21st century. New to this edition is a chapter on the role nutrition plays in emotional, mental, and physical health.
- Print length720 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPearson
- Publication date28 June 2005
- Dimensions19 x 3.84 x 23.22 cm
- ISBN-100805378863
- ISBN-13978-0805378863
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- Publisher : Pearson; 3rd edition (28 June 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 720 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0805378863
- ISBN-13 : 978-0805378863
- Dimensions : 19 x 3.84 x 23.22 cm
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About the authors
Dr. Keith J. Karren earned his PhD in health sciences from Oregon State University in 1975 and has been a member of the BYU Health Sciences faculty since 1971. Dr. Karren is a popular professor, having been named outstanding teacher six times and receiving the College of Health and Human Performance Teaching Excellence Award and a Karl G. Maeser Teaching Award during his BYU 39-year career. He is active in professional medical/health organizations and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. The southern Alberta, Canada native has served in many community assignments, including as a member of the Utah County Board of Health, the Utah Basic Life Support Committee, and as co-director of the Utah Annual Conference on Pre-hospital Emergency Care and Crisis Intervention. Dr. Karren is extensively published in the healthcare field as an author. His 25 books include a leading EMT text, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care and Crisis Intervention, and Mind/Body/Health: The Health Effects of Attitudes, Emotions, and Relationships (with Benjamin Cummings). He has also presented at numerous professional conferences. Keith maintains a very active lifestyle and continues to show western performance horses. He has been married to his sweetheart Diane for over fifty years, and they count their five children and ten grandchildren as their greatest blessings.
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