DISEASES AS A REFLECTION OF THE PSYCHE         Wanting to know whether or not the human brain has the power to cure the body of illness, I set out to find an article with some cold hard facts. This article, written by Marcia Angell, Ph.D., elaborates on the subject of the connection between mental state and disease.         The belief that there is a connection between mental and physical health is apparent in the article. It …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…to enhance the healing process. Patients who have been treated solely by use of pharmaceutical means with little relief of symptoms tend to respond positively when taught alternative psychological methods for coping with pain and gaining mental and physical wellness.         In closing, if mind over body medicine was working before had the technology that is available today, then how are we to know that the answers to todays problems are not hidden in the past?