Description
About the Author
Mats Lekander is a professor of Psychoneuroimmunology at Stockholm University and of Health Psychology at Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden. He is co-director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Karolinska Institutet, and a former director of the Stockholm Stress Center, a center of excellence for research on work, stress and health. He heads the Division of Psychoneuroimmunology at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University. His central line of research focuses on the relation between inflammation, brain function and behavior, especially related to the sickness response. It is also investigated how humans through perceptual means can detect when others are sick and how such detection affects behavior and attitudes. Other lines of research focus on consequences of disturbed sleep and stress, and psychological treatment of related disorders
Reviews
Join a thriller-like journey between body and brain, a constantly ongoing tourism in your innermost, in which balance and just as often unbalance is described in an accessible scientific way. Instructive and fun! * Barbo Osher, philanthropist and Consul-General of Sweden in San Francisco *
At last a book about the psychology and physiology of well-being, giving fascinating insights into questions about health which takes up so much room in contemporary society * Martin Ingvar, author and Professor of Integrative Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden *
This is a great read for those wanting a very readable insight into our inner world. Incorporating insights from psychoneuroimmunology, Mats Lekander gives us a personal tour of the way the brain experiences both our outer and inner worlds. The author includes anecdotes of his personal experiences, making the field very accessible to non-specialists as well as highly accomplished scientists * Benjamin Hart, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, USA *
A fascinating journey drawing together cognitive psychology, anthropology, sociology and immunology to reveal how perceptions or misperceptions of our inner world (body) impact on our health and wellbeing. A must read! * Neil Harrison, Clinical Professor in Neuroimaging at Cardiff University, UK *
Despite major advances in understanding the human immune system over the past few decades, one area that remains mysterious is the intersection between the immune system and other body systems. Among the latter, the nervous system has long been understood to have significant effects on the immune response, and puzzling out the current state of knowledge in this area is the focus of this intriguing book. Lekander (Stockholm Univ., Karolinska Institute) expertly blends current immunological and psychological research with clinical vignettes in a highly readable account. * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198863441
Author Mats Lekander
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 402g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 11mm