Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mind-body connection -- Link between stress and illness -- Positive processes in health and illness -- Healthy disposition -- Pain -- At risk populations -- Psychobiological interventions -- Methodological issues in psychobiological research -- Summary and future directions.

An accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics, including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioural genetics.