A fascinating account of mind-body interaction -- well written, with numerous literary references
The author was one if the American neuroscientists involved in some of the early research on endorphins. Here, she describes her work in an easy, conversational style, that occasionally lapses into New Age journalese
A standard, basic textbook on mind-body medicine and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). One to flick through in the library, rather than buy
Not exactly about psychosomatics, but an absolutely captivating set of psychotherapy case histories that reads, as they say, like a novel
The first in the Health and Disease series for the Open University course, it is an excellent overview of medical sociology, covering differing health beliefs, history of medicine, and 'hysteria'
Last updated 10 February 2006