... powerful healing tools we have in our therapeutic arsenal."" Thus the fundamental intimacy of the mind and body is perhaps nowhere better documented than in health and disease. This essay shall outline the psychosocial influence on biological health and disease in general, specifying, where possible, mechanisms involved. The medical profession's survival and prosperity from ancient times is to ... large extent a demonstration of the power of "faith- in healing. Comprehensive approach to the study of human psychology normal or abnormal must have different perspectives in an effort to bett...

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