When the Body Speaks its Mind: A Psychiatris Probes the Mysteries of Hypochondria and Munchausen's Syndrome

By Berney Goodman

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• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874777585
• ISBN13: 9780874777581
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 0.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Plain talk on how the mind affects the body

Dr. Goodman, an eminent psychiatrist, has written a very comprehensive and readable book about the many ways--some of them startling--that the mind can affect the body. Dr. Goodman peoples the book with a host of memorable characters, and tells their stories in a non-judgmental manner. His discussion of the bizarre Munchausen's Syndrome is especially well-worth reading, for good education about this incurable and painful process of self-induced sickness. A word of warning: as a person coping with the devastation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I took issue with the good doctor's assessment that this is a purely psychogenic problem, and related to women's problems in coping with the demands of playing many roles. This is a minor flaw in a very readable and educational book.