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MIND/BODY HEALTH
The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions and Relationships, 3rd Edition

Brent Q. Hafen, Keith J. Karren, Kathryn J. Frandsen, & N. Lee Smith
Benjamin Cummins, 2005

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Readers of this book should understand the scientific basis for the relationship of physical health to: emotions; personality; social support; spirituality; perception; and outcomes and interventions related to these factors.

This book reviews scientific research that negative emotions such as worry, anxiety, depression, hostility, and anger can increase susceptibility to disease; and that positive emotions such as optimism, humor, and a fighting spirit can protect health and increase longevity.

Keith J. Karren is a professor in the Dept. of Health Science at Brigham Young University.

Brent Q. Hafen is a retired professor of Brigham Young University.

N. Lee Smith, M.D., is a doctor of internal medicine at The Center of Interdisciplinary Medicine at the Health South Rehabilitation Hosp., Sandy, Utah.

Kathryn Frandsen, author, is associated with Novell Inc.

22 CE credits; 609 pages

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Order book or tape: $81.60. Order code MIBH2
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