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Healthy Pleasures

By: Robert E. Ornstein, David Sobel

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Paperback | 1 May 1990 | Edition Number 1

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Discover the proven medical benefits of pleasure and live a longer, healthier life

Imagine a medical treatment that can decrease heart disease, boost immune function, relieve depression, and block pain-whose only side effect is that it makes you feel good. It's safe, inexpensive, and readily available. No, it's not a miracle drug; rather, these benefits come from the experience of pleasure itself. And this pleasure prescription is filled in the internal pharmacy of the brain.
Psychologist Robert Ornstein and physician David Sobel deliver the latest scientific evidence that pleasures--from saunas to siestas, chocolate to charity--and positive attitudes--from happiness to optimism--are not only enjoyable but also good for you.

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Non-Fiction Mind, Body, Spirit Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health Traditional Medicine & Herbal Remedies Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Family & Health Popular Medicine & Health Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology Miscellaneous Items

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
The Pleasure Principle	p. 1
The Pleasure Principle	p. 3
Civilization and Its Displeasures	p. 8
The New Science of Mood Medicine	p. 25
The Virtues of Sensuality	p. 35
Coming to Your Senses	p. 37
Good Scents and Good Sex	p. 65
Consuming Passions	p. 82
Why Kill Yourself to Save Your Life?	p. 102
The Rest	p. 116
Mental Investment	p. 125
""""...and the Pursuit of Happiness""""	p. 127
The Optimism Antidote	p. 148
Telling Yourself a Good Story	p. 171
Investing in Yourself	p. 188
Indulging Yourself	p. 200
Selfless Pleasures	p. 222
Healthy Pleasure Points	p. 238
Notes and References	p. 244
Index	p. 293
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