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Mind Body Effect: How to Counteract the Harmful Effects of Stress Paperback – November 14, 2015

by Herbert Benson (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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From the author of #1 bestseller The Relaxation Response comes a practical guide to how behavioral medicine can counteract the harmful effects of stress and help you regain control of your health.

“In The Mind/Body Effect, Herbert Benson, MD, redefines medical care as a process in which the mind and body are tended as components of a single vital organism, and calls upon individual patients to share with physicians the responsibility for their own medical well-being. Writing with brilliant clarity, he exposes hypes and commercialism within a society obsessed with health and terrified of pain. The Mind/Body Effect may be the most important medical book for laymen since Dr. Benson’s The Relaxation Response.”—Noah Gordon, publisher, Journal of Human Stress

“In their avid pursuit of better health, millions of Americans are making themselves less healthy. Ironically, their doctors often make things worse instead of better. In this fascinating book, Dr. Benson tells us—patients and doctors alike —how to break the vicious cycle.”—David W. Ewing, executive editor, Harvard Business Review

“The next great advance in the health of the American people will come not from hospitals or laboratories but from what they learn to do for themselves. The Mind/Body Effect represents a major step in that direction.”—C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, codirector, The Pain and Health Rehabilitation Center
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    November 14, 2015
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    8.5 x 5.51 x 0.49 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1501140922
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    978-1501140921
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Herbert Benson, MD, is the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the mega-bestselling book, The Relaxation Response, as well as ten other trade books. His groundbreaking work established the modern field of mind body medicine. Dr. Benson is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster (November 14, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501140922
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501140921
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.51 x 0.49 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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Herbert Benson, M.D., is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (BHI), and Mind Body Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Benson is the author or co-author of more than 190 scientific publications and 12 books. More than five million copies of his books have been printed in many languages.

Dr. Benson is a pioneer in mind body medicine, one of the first Western physicians to bring spirituality and healing into medicine. In his 40+ year career, he has defined the relaxation response and continues to lead teaching and research into its efficacy in counteracting the harmful effects of stress. The recipient of numerous national and international awards, Dr. Benson lectures widely about mind body medicine and the BHI's work. His expertise is frequently sought by national and international news media, and he appears in scores of newspapers, magazines, and television programs each year. Dr. Benson's research extends from the laboratory to the clinic to Asian field expeditions. His work serves as a bridge between medicine and religion, East and West, mind and body, and belief and science.

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Alexa
5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet The Mind
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2023
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We all need to live in the moments and allow our minds to be Quiet
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what subtitle says
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
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How to counteract effects of stress?
Don’t see much discussion of that at all in this book. Kindle edition
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Hbin
2.0 out of 5 stars Not worthwhile
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2017
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It's really a misleading title as the book offers very little pertaining to the subtitle " How to Counteract the Harmful Effects of Stress. A much more accurate subheading would be "A rough overview of the history of the role of the mind in physical pathology" It's mostly a series of case studies and quotes from modern scientists to Decscartes to the Bible. In terms of any pragmatic advice, new research or original contribution to the topic at hand there's very little there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars mind body medicine
Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2012
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Though this is an older book, information is still relevant and Benson's expertise always a resource to turn to for trusted information.
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