Mind over medicine Scientific proof you can heal yourself

Lissa Rankin, 1969-

Book - 2013

"Clinical trials show that up to 80 percent of patients given a placebo heal themselves with the power of the mind alone. But how? There is documented evidence that beliefs, thoughts, and feelings can cure the body. And this book not only reveals the data from mainstream medical journals; it tells you step-by-step how you can implement this knowledge to make your body ripe for spontaneous remission or disease prevention. For years, pioneers in the medical community have been extolling the virtues of the mind's power to heal the body. Yet their insights into the connection between our physiological states and our thoughts, beliefs, and emotions have long been dismissed by modern medicine as New-Age quackery and pseudoscience. Until... now, few have made a definitive, scientifically-documented case that the mind indeed has the power to prevent illness and even cure the body. Intrigued but skeptical that the mind could heal the body, Western-trained physician Lissa Rankin, M.D. pored over hundreds of objectively evaluated, peer-reviewed studies from medical journals to find proof not just that thoughts and feelings originating in the mind can heal the body, but also that there are clear physiological mechanisms explaining how this happens. In short, the body is equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that the mind has the power to flip on or off. In Mind Over Medicine, she explains how this process works, proves with extraordinary case studies from the medical literature that it does, and teaches practical techniques you can use to activate the body's natural self-healing mechanisms, while shutting off the processes that predispose to illness. She also guides you through the process of uncovering where you might be making unhealthy choices, not just in your diet, exercise program, and sleep habits, but in your relationships, your professional life, your creative life, your spiritual life, and more- so that you can create a customized treatment plan "The Prescription" aimed at bolstering all of these health-promoting aspects of your life. By expanding your definition of health and healing and implementing practices that turn off what Harvard researcher Walter Cannon termed "the stress response" and activating what Dr. Herbert Benson termed "the relaxation response," you can prevent or even reverse diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic pain, even cancer. "--

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Published
Carlsbad, California : Hay House, Inc 2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Lissa Rankin, 1969- (-)
Edition
1st edition
Physical Description
xxiv, 259 pages 24 cm
ISBN
9781401939984
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Believe Yourself Well
  • Chapter 1. The Shocking Truth about Your Health Beliefs
  • Chapter 2. The Surefire Way to Make Yourself Sick and Prevent Disease Remission
  • Chapter 3. The Healing Factor That Can Make All the Difference
  • Part 2. Treat Your Mind
  • Chapter 4. Redefining Health
  • Chapter 5. Loneliness Poisons the Body
  • Chapter 6. Death by Overwork
  • Chapter 7. Happiness Is Preventive Medicine
  • Chapter 8. How to Counteract the Stress Response
  • Part 3. Write the Prescription
  • Chapter 9. Radical Self-Care
  • Chapter 10. 6 Steps to Healing Yourself
  • Appendix A. 8 Tips for How to Be in Your Body
  • Appendix B. Lissa's Personal Self-Healing Diagnosis
  • Appendix C. Lissa's Personal Prescription
  • Continue Your Self-Healing Journey
  • Endnotes
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Recent diatribes against the forthcoming DSM-5 have called for medical professionals to put down the book from time to time and look patients in the eye. Rankin takes it one step further and tells folks to look inside to heal themselves, both mentally and physically. After years of working in a traditional medical setting and dealing with her own failing health, Rankin undertook extensive research into the medical literature of the past 50 years and discovered the true power of an optimistic outlook on the body's ability to heal itself. But it's difficult work being an optimist-it requires faith in one's abilities to heal, and it necessitates a serious attitude adjustment. As such-and always with the skeptics in mind-Rankin walks readers through self-assessment techniques, methods of self-diagnosis, and how to plan a "prescription" for going forward. She does not dismiss the benefits of modern medicine; rather, she urges patients and health care providers to seek mind and body solutions in order to secure the best care possible. Rankin's insightful and compassionate treatise may not convince everyone, but it's a refreshing alternative to a handful of pills. Agent: Michele Martin, CSG Literary Partners/MDM Management. (May 1) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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