Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH The influence of emotional life on health has been known at least since the second century BC , when Greek physicians attributed cancer to a ' melancholy disposition ' . Contemporary evidence is now con ...
... EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH The influence of emotional life on health has been known at least since the second century BC , when Greek physicians attributed cancer to a ' melancholy disposition ' . Contemporary evidence is now con ...
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... emotional states . Selye ( 1956 ) first demonstrated how exhaustion can be caused by frustration or suppressed rage , detailing the negative effects these emotions have on body chemistry . More recent evidence has confirmed that the ...
... emotional states . Selye ( 1956 ) first demonstrated how exhaustion can be caused by frustration or suppressed rage , detailing the negative effects these emotions have on body chemistry . More recent evidence has confirmed that the ...
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... emotional disturbances . They can effect emotional change , but there is no evidence that they are healing , and much that they can leave people withdrawn , apathetic and lacking in confidence . Long - term treatment , even in mild ...
... emotional disturbances . They can effect emotional change , but there is no evidence that they are healing , and much that they can leave people withdrawn , apathetic and lacking in confidence . Long - term treatment , even in mild ...
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reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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