Sick and tired : healing the illnesses doctors cannot cure / Nick Read.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Phoenix, 2006.Description: xii, 276 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780753817148 (pbk.) :
- 0753817144
- 616.044 REA
- RA418
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 616.044 REA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 203103 |
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-267) and index.
1. What kind of illness are we suffering from?-- 2. What makes people ill?-- 3. Emotional regulation and the development of illness--4. Why some people get ill and others don\'t--5. Why modern life is making us ill-- 6.The meaning of illness and the purpose--7. Cultural ailments-- 8. The medicalisation of illness-- 9. Breaking the mould.
Dr Read reveals the extent to which your mind can affect your body, and presents a study into the impact of our lifestyles on our health. If you don't have such symptoms yourself, you will have family or friends who do: he explains that the way to better health is to tackle the stress, not just the symptoms.