Change the way you think about health and illness.  The Divided Mind is the ultimate achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's distinguished career as a groundbreaking medical expert, going beyond pain to understand all dimensions of psychosomatic (mind-body) disorders.

Dr. Sarno examines the interaction between the generally reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness, and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind.  Tracing the history of psychosomatic medicine, including Freud's crucial role, you will understand the psychology responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. The failure of medicine's practitioners to recognize and appropriately treat mind-body disorders is one of the greatest public health deficiencies in the U.S.