The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

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Summary: least helpful mind/body book I have ever read
Review: I actually have found mind/body approaches very helpful in dealing with my medical problems, but this book is really terrible, the least effective approach I've seen. Given how helpful mind/body approaches can be, I find it sad that this book, which only works on a limited subset of chronic pain patients, is the only approach that is well advertised. The vast majority of people I know who read this book did not find it helpful. It's basically a placebo which doesn't work if you are scientifically minded. Dr. Sarno has no grasp of the scientific method, statistics, or experimental design.