Hyland Michael E. (ed.) The Origins of Health and Disease

Cambridge University Press, 2011. — 359 p. — ISBN: 978-0-521-89539-2Some phenomena in medicine and psychology remain unexplained by current theory. Chronic fatigue syndrome, repetitive strain injury and irritable bowel syndrome, for example, are all diseases or syndromes that cannot be explained in terms of a physiological abnormality. In this intriguing book, Michael E. Hyland proposes that there is a currently unrecognised type of illness which he calls 'dysregulatory disease'. Hyland shows how such diseases develop and how the communication and art of medicine, good nursing care, complementary medicine and psychotherapy can all act to reduce the dysregulation that leads to dysregulatory disease. The Origins of Health and Disease is a fascinating book that develops a novel theory for understanding health and disease, and demonstrates how this theory is supported by existing data, and how it explains currently unexplained phenomena. Hyland also shows how his theory leads to new testable predictions that, in turn, will lead to further scientific advancement and development.The two philosophies: health, disease, medicine and psychotherapy
The body's mind: psychoneuroimmunology, stress and adaptive response
Personality, disease and the meaning of infornet dysregulation
Networks and their properties
The causes of dysregulation: associative learning, food intolerance and the effects of stress throughout the lifespan
The causes of dysregulation: supervised learning, repetitive strain injury, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression
The causes of dysregulation: asthma and precursors to specific disease
Three different types of psychologically mediated therapy: placebos and the art of medicine, psychotherapy and complementary and alternative medicine
Therapeutic mechanisms
Finding the pattern: health in modern society
Infornet theory in perspective