Why Mental Health Is Even More Important Than We Think
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- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min read
By Neel Burton M.D.
[...] As I discuss in The Meaning of Madness, psychological stressors can lead to physical symptoms not only by somatization, which is a psychic process, but also by physical processes involving the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. For example, one study found that the first 24 hours of bereavement are associated with a staggering 21-fold increased risk of a heart attack.
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