Health, mind and behavior

United States, 1989

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Episode number 23 of Series “Discovering psychology”.
In this program, Philip Zimbardo investigates the power the mind has on the functioning of our bodies, in particular, the effect of stress on our health. Increasingly, scientists have had to acknowledge this connection in treating human illness. Zimbardo reveals how a holistic approach to healing, which aims to keep mind and body in harmony, can reduce the impact of stress- related illness such as hypertension and improve the functioning of the human immune system.

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Credits

co-producer

David Espar

Tuggelin Yourgrau

production company

WGBH (Boston)

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Discovering psychology

Group of items

Discovering psychology

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302990

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Holistic medicine

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mind and body

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Psychology)

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Colour

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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