When the Body Takes Over - Stress, Trauma and Somatic Illnesses

Editions Odile Jacob 1999. Very good condition

Can the mind really be the cause of a body illness? In turn, can the body make the mind sick? What do we know today about their influence on each other? These questions are currently addressed separately by psychoanalysts and physicians. Their practice must, of course, remain different from one another, but each must be based on a comprehensive and joint understanding of the interactions between the mind and the body. Our health comes at this price. An innovative theoretical approach, illustrated with numerous clinical examples. Professor Jean-Benjamin Stora is a psychosomatician and psychoanalyst. He is honorary dean of the Faculty and Research of the HEC Group. He created the psychosomatic consultation attached to the psychiatry department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris. He is the author, published by Odile Jacob, of Vivre avec une greffe.