The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions

Tells of research involving the elusive mind-body connection and what it means for our health. Provides firsthand accounts of experiments revealing the physical mechanisms used by the brain and immune system to communicate with each other. Describes how stress can make us more susceptible to illness, and how the immune system can alter moods. Sternberg is director of the Molecular, Cellular, and Behavioral Integrative Neuroscience Program and Chief of the Section on Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institutes of Health. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)