Mind-Body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health

Cutting-edge research on the brain's interaction with the body shows that health is directly impacted by our social environments, socioeconomic status, culture, behaviors, relationships, psychological states, and habits of mind, among many factors. Mind-body medicine - working in partnership with traditional medical practice - uses a large range of psychological, physical, and behavioral treatments in a model of health care that aims to treat the whole human being. It provides highly effective resources for prevention and treatment of a wide spectrum of medical conditions-and for fostering the ultimate goals of health care: truly optimal and lasting physical health, as well as emotional and psychological well-being. In these 36 revealing lectures, Professor Satterfield offers you a comprehensive overview of the field. You'll look in depth at the anatomical and biological systems through which what is "outside" in the environment gets "inside" to affect our minds and bodies. You'll also examine recent research on subjects ranging from the impact our emotions and psychology have on health to the crucial roles that social, cultural, and behavioral factors play. And you'll learn about effective mind-body treatments for many common medical conditions and diseases. Finally, you'll finish the course with a tool box of ideas and interventions for your personal wellness goals, empowering you to partner more effectively with your medical providers and maximize your own health.

All Lectures:
1. Weaving the Biopsychosocial Braid
2. Vital Signs - Defining Health and Illness
3. Fight or Flight vs. Rest and Digest
4. Simmering Soup - The Neuroendocrine System
5. Deploying the Troops - Basic Immunology
6. Nature vs. Nurture - Genes, Health, and Disease
7. Forget Me Not - Cognitive Function
8. Mind over Matter - Cognition in Everyday Life
9. 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