Health Realization/Innate Health: Can a quiet mind and a positive feeling state be accessible over the lifespan without stress-relief techniques?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Sedgeman, Judith A ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Health; Health realization; Innate; Innate health; Resiliency application; Resiliency theory; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS;

EID: 31344464899     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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