Bridge the gap between mind and body and gain a truly holistic view of your health in this science-based course that explores how your brain can impact your overall wellness.
Mind-Body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health
Overview
Syllabus
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- 01: Weaving the Biopsychosocial Braid
- 02: Vital Signs-Defining Health and Illness
- 03: Fight or Flight vs. Rest and Digest
- 04: Simmering Soup-The Neuroendocrine System
- 05: Deploying the Troops-Basic Immunology
- 06: Nature vs. Nurture-Genes, Health, and Disease
- 07: Forget Me Not-Cognitive Function
- 08: Mind over Matter-Cognition in Everyday Life
- 09: Emotions Revealed-Psychology of Emotions
- 10: Agony and Ecstasy-Biology of Emotion
- 11: What's Your EQ, and How Can You Improve It?
- 12: What's Your Type? Personality and Health
- 13: An Apple a Day-Behavior and Disease Prevention
- 14: Staying on the Wagon-Making Changes That Last
- 15: Ease the Burn-Modern-Day Stress and Coping
- 16: The Iceberg-Visible and Hidden Identity
- 17: Ties That Bind-Relationships and Health
- 18: Building Bridges-Intimacy and Relationships
- 19: Touched by Grace-Spirituality and Health
- 20: A Matter of Class-Socioeconomics and Health
- 21: A Cog in the Wheel-Occupational Stress
- 22: The Power of Place-Communities and Health
- 23: The Master Plan-Public Health and Policy
- 24: Heart and Soul-Cardiovascular Disease I
- 25: Heart and Soul-Cardiovascular Disease II
- 26: The Big C-Cancer and Mind-Body Medicine
- 27: Bugs, Drugs, and Buddha-Psychoneuroimmunology
- 28: Fire in the Belly-The GI System
- 29: Obesity-America's New Epidemic
- 30: The Strain in Pain Lies Mainly in the Brain
- 31: Catching Your Zs-Sleep and Health
- 32: Chasing Zebras-Somatoform Disorders
- 33: Seeing the Glass Half Empty-Depression
- 34: Silencing the Scream-Understanding Anxiety
- 35: Lingering Wounds-Trauma, Resilience, Growth
- 36: Tomorrow's Biopsychosocial Medicine
Taught by
Jason M. Satterfield
