The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

About this book

The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarnos distinguished career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer going beyond pain to address the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders. The interaction between the generally reasonable rational ethical moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain hurt sadness and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind appears to be the basis for mindbody disorders. The Divided Mind traces the history of psychosomatic medicine including Freuds crucial role and describes the psychology responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. The failure of medicines practitioners to recognize and appropriately treat mindbody disorders has produced public health and economic problems of major proportions in the United States. One of the most important aspects of psychosomatic phenomena is that knowledge and awareness of the process clearly have healing powers. Thousands of people have become pain-free simply by reading Dr. Sarnos previous books. How and why this happens is a fascinating story and is revealed in The Divided Mind.