Jennifer’s Reviews > The Healing Brain > Status Update

"unlike psychosocial stressors,... biochemical and physical stressors can be of such direct traumatic magnitude as to bypass interaction with the sense of coherence. A noxious gas, a poisonous substance, a bullet , or a car can act directly on the health status of an individual. Alternatively, a cumulative harsh overload of such stressors (smoking or exposure to asbestos or to high noise levels..." cont.

This book is great if you are skeptical about the mind-body healing connection or just want to understand it better scientifically.