This Book May Cause Side Effects: Why Our Minds Are Making Us Sick - Couverture rigide

Pilcher, Helen

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ISBN 10 : 1805461435 ISBN 13 : 9781805461432

Editeur : Atlantic Books, 2026

Synopsis

'Absolutely fascinating' Dr Julie Smith, author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

'Entrancing' David Robson, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Expectation Effect

Illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, conscious or otherwise, can make us feel pain or become unwell. If you experienced side effects from your Covid vaccine, the chances are that these were caused by your belief that you would experience them. When a nurse tells you 'this is going to hurt', it generally does - but perhaps it shouldn't.

In this revelatory study, neuroscientist Helen Pilcher explores the hidden impact of the 'nocebo effect' - the placebo's evil twin. Medical studies have proven the nocebo effect to cause pain, nausea, paralysis, seizures, and even blindness. The nocebo effect impacts how we grow sick and grow old, explains why people who don't have food allergies have dietary intolerances, and why, during the pandemic, so many teenagers caught tics through social media.

From Havana Syndrome to hex deaths, chronic pain and mystery illnesses, this book explains what happens when illness, psychology and society meet - and shows us what we can do to become less ill and more well.

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À propos de l?auteur

Helen Pilcher is a science writer and former scientist with a PhD in cell biology. She contributes regularly to BBC Wildlife and BBC Science Focus, and has penned many popular science books. Life Changing was named a Science Book of the Year by The Times and was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atlantic Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1805461435
• ISBN 13: 9781805461432
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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