The Healing Mind, Paul Martin

The Healing Mind:  The Startling Link Between Our Brain, Our Behavior, and Our Immune System by Dr. Paul Martin is a book that my wife came across and thought might be worth reading.

Started: 8/15/2014
Completed: (gave up)  9/4/2014 after 80 or so pages
Recommendation: Not recommnended
Recommended By: my wife

Definitions I needed:

frisson -- A sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear; a thrill.

Review:

I quote:  "In this chapter we shall look at what the immune system can do to the mind and, conversely, what the mind can do to the immune system.  We shall see that changes in a person's mental state can affect their immune function and vice versa[sic]."  I HATE this kind of needless repetition and the book is rife with it.  The abuse of similes reinforce the repetition.  In the space I read, I hated the experience.  This book is old for a medical book (1997) and I just can not force myself to read the same sentence over and over for what seems to be a sparse amount of information.  Please, consider another source if you really need this information.