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

by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg

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ISBN13: 9780738207483
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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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From the world's leading authority on oxytocin, a ground-breaking look at "the love hormone" and its role in everything from childbirth and bonding to human relationships

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
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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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derrygeel, August 25, 2011 (view all comments by derrygeel)
The Oxytocin Factor is an excellent read. We are learning more and more about the importance of early neonatal mother-baby interaction and this author's work has been crucial in the delvelopment of the research. Since then we've had the work of Strathearn and Colson to add to the body of knowledge.
It's exciting research with major social implications. All perinatal professionals should read it.
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ISBN:
9780738207483
Translator:
Francis, Roberta
Author:
Iliste, Airi
Translator:
Francis, Roberta
Author:
Uvnas Moberg, Kerstin
Author:
Francis, Roberta
Author:
Moberg, Kerstin Uvnas
Publisher:
Merloyd Lawrence Books
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Subject:
General
Subject:
Alternative Therapies
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Physiological effect
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Stress, Psychological
Subject:
Oxytocin.
Subject:
General science
Subject:
Oxytocin -- Physiological effect.
Subject:
Oxytocin - physiology
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Health and Medicine-Alternative
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
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108-13
Publication Date:
20030931
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Hardcover
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English
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, Y
Pages:
205
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8.67x5.80x.87 in. .89 lbs.
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