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The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love, and Healing

by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg

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Publisher Comments:

In recent years there have been exciting scientific discoveries about a powerful hormone whose role in the human body has long been neglected. Oxytocin is the hormone involved in bonding, sex, childbirth, and breast-feeding, as well as in relaxation and feelings of calm. It is the mirror image of the stress hormone (adrenaline), which triggers the "fight or flight" systems in the body. Much has been written about the latter but the many-sided importance of oxytocin is currently known only to specialists in obstetrics, physiology, and psychiatry. The Oxytocin Factor, by Dr. Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, is the first book on the subject for a general audience. The new research findings, as well as the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth, are not only fascinating but of great significance to all our lives.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.

Synopsis:

From the world's leading authority on oxytocin, a groundbreaking look at "the love hormone, " and its role in everything from childbirth and bonding to human relationships.
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About the Author

Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, M.D., Ph.D., is an internationally known scientist at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. She lectures frequently in the United States and all over the world.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780738207483
Subtitle:
Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love, and Healing
Translator:
Francis, Roberta
Translator:
Francis, Roberta
Author:
Francis, Roberta
Author:
Moberg, Kerstin Uvnas
Author:
Uvnas Moberg, Kerstin
Author:
Iliste, Airi
Publisher:
Merloyd Lawrence Books
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Subject:
General
Subject:
Alternative Therapies
Subject:
Physiological effect
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Stress, Psychological
Subject:
Oxytocin.
Subject:
General science
Subject:
Oxytocin -- Physiological effect.
Subject:
Oxytocin - physiology
Series Volume:
108-13
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Y
Pages:
205
Dimensions:
867x580x87 89
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