Summary on Mind Body Communications
Life is full of events which we have no control over and to which we are vulnerable. The important thing to remember is that we can choose how we cultivate our thoughts and what eventually will get our attention. We ultimately decide how we interact with the world around us and ourselves.
What has been posted in this series is nothing but a few suggestions for taking charge of the inner self and of health itself. Here are all links to the series:
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part I. Stress)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part II. Viruses, Bacteria)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part III. Mind-Body Pathways)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part IV. The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal [HPA] Axis)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part V. ANS [Autonomic Nervous System])
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part VI. HPA Axis)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part VII. The Stress Response)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part VIII. Chemical Messengers)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part IX. Neuropeptides)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part X. Chemical Messengers, Summary)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XI. Evidence For Mind Body Communication)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XII. Music Therapy)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XIII. Entrainment Music and Pain Reduction)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XIV. Music and Aging)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XV. Music and Premature Infants)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XVI. Drumming and the Immune System)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XVII. Effects of Writing on Illness Vulnerability)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XVIII. Writing and the Mitogen Response)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XIX. Is Writing the Best Method for Releasing Repressed Feelings and Maintaining Health?)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XX. Group Support and Cancer Outcomes)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXI. Survival Rates in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXII. Studies Failing to Replicate Spiegel's Results)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXIII. Metastatic Breast Cancer and Mood State)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXIV. Implications for Stress Management and Optimal Wellness)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXV. Support Groups)
How the Mind and Body Communicate: (part XXVI. Entrainment Music)
This series also provides you with a primer of things to come. In most modalities of alternative medicines the mind is never "separated" from the body. As you will see on the coming posts of homeopathy. Once all this information is digested and mulled over it becomes very clear why alternative medicine modalities are darting past traditional Western medicine. For the simple reason that CAM allow for mind body taking into account in unison to achieve optimum health. Also upcoming will be research on the mind-body influence on health and research to show you what has been working in clinical studies and what has not achieved success.
And lastly, I would like to give proper credit to the source of most the information for this series. You can purchase your copy by visiting:
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Freeman L. Mosby's Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A Research Based Approach. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri (2004):5-33