The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno’s long and successful career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer. While his earlier books dealt almost exclusively with musculoskeletal pain disorders, here Dr. Sarno address the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders. In Dr. Sarno’s view, the crucial interaction between the reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind is the basis for many mindbody disorders. The Divided Mind traces the history of psychosomatic medicine, including Freud’s crucial role as well as his failures. Most important, it describes the psychology of the human condition that is responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. Dr. Sarno believes that the failure of medicine’s 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 interesting and important aspects of psychosomatic phenomena is the fact that knowledge and awareness of the process clearly have healing powers.
The author proposes an alternative approach to common painful conditions, which he claims are caused by what he calls the psychosomatic "tension myositis syndrome." Since Dr. Sarno invokes Freudian explanations involving the id, ego, and superego and presents no scientific studies, the "thousands of cures" he reports have failed to influence mainstream medicine. With his deep and resonant voice Paul Hecht sounds like a radio announcer from the past. He speaks slowly enough to convey the plethora of psychological and medical terms and never mispronounces. The equally talented James Boles reads supportive text by two other psychologists. An informal author interview imparts a personal epilogue. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
About the Author
John E. Sarno, M.D. is Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine. He has been practicing medicine since 1950. Dr. Sarno is the acclaimed author of Mind Over Back Pain, the #1 New York Times bestseller Healing Back Pain, and the bestselling The Mindbody Prescription. Dr. Sarno lives in New York.
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