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Chapter 3:
Stress and Disease
 By
comprehending that human
beings are energy, one can
begin to comprehend new ways
of viewing health and illness
- Richard Gerber M.D.
Relationship
Between Stress and Disease?
Science has not been able to
demonstrate a concrete connection
between stress and disease.
 However, this chapter presents various
scientific views and explanations of
hypothesized relationships between
stress and disease.

Stress and Disease
Connection
 The
current focus on the stress and
disease phenomenon is directed
toward the interactions of the:
–
–
–
immune system
the CNS
human consciousness
Disease & Illness Relationship
 Research
indicates that
–70 to 80 percent of health-related
problems
–may be precipitated or
aggravated by stress
Stress and Disease

Understand the relationship between stress
and disease
– factors act in unison to create a pathological
outcome

These factors include
– cognitive perceptions of threatening stimuli and
– the consequent activation of the
» nervous system
» endocrine system
» immune system
Psychoneuroimmunology
 Pelletier
defines it as the study of
the intricate interaction of
– consciousness (psycho)
– brain and central nervous system
(neuro), and
– the body’s defense against external
infection and internal aberrant cell
division (immunology).
Theoretical Models
The Borysenko Model
 The Pert Model
 The Gerber Model
 The Pelletier Premodel

The Borysenko Model
Stress-induced dysregulation
 Matrix: “immune balance” with four
classifications of disease
 Autonomic nervous system

– releases stress hormones
– physiological repercussions
» migraines, ulcers, and hypertension.
Borysenko’s stress & disease dichotomy
Autonomic Dysregulation Immune
(overresponsive ANS)
Dysregulation
migraines
infection
(virus)
peptic ulcers
allergies
irritable bowel syndrome AIDS
hypertension
cancer
coronary heart disease
lupus
asthma
arthritis
Borysenko’s Immune Activity Matrix
Overreaction
Exogenous
activity
Underreaction
Allergies Infections
(colds & flu)
Herpes
Endogenous Arthritis Cancer
activity
Lupus
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The Pert Model
Pert’s model cites research findings
linking the nervous system with the
immune system
 Various cell tissues comprising the
immune system can synthesize
neuropeptides to alter immune function
 Positive emotions can enhance immune
function

The Gerber Model
Holistic or systems -theory approach
 Mind

– conscious and unconscious thought
– exists as energy (bioplasma)
– energy surrounds and permeates the body
– influences biochemical reactions.
Gerber Model: Disease

Disturbance in human energy field
– through levels of energy

To the body via
– chakras
» doors of energy
– meridians.
Gerber Model

Stress-related symptoms
– appearing in the physical body
» the manifestation of problems
– problems that occurred earlier as a result of
disturbances at higher energy level

Thoughts, perception, and emotions
– originate in layers of subtle energy
– cascade through the mind-body interface
– decoded at the molecular level
– cause biological changes in the body
The Gerber model
See Figure 3.3 on page 44 of your textbook.
Human Energy Fields
Kirlian Photography

Before and after Kirlian Photographs
– http://www.xs4all.nl/~remy/kirlian.html

Tracing Human Spirit with Kirlian
Photography
– http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/triune/akabstract.htm
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More Photos
– http://www.kirlian.com.br/hingII5.htm
» after /hing__ are the letters i in capital letters
Human Energy Fields
Chakras

7 or 8 primary
human chakras
– http://www.jwdavies.com/7veils.ht
m
– http://www.rickrichards.com/meta
physics_1.htm
» The Chakra-Handbook by
Shalila Sharamon & Bodo J.
Baginski
– http://www.wppwired.com/PSYNE
T/chakra/index.html
The Pelletier Pre-Model

Issues must be understood
– before a stress-disease model can be
developed

Issues include diseases of people with
– multiple personality disorder
– spontaneous remissions
– hypnosis
– placebos
– immuneonhancement.
Pelletier’s Review of Literature
 To
understand the stressdisease/mind-body phenomenon
 Consider individuals as greater than
the sum of its physiological parts
Nervous System-Related
Disorders
bronchial asthma
 tension
headaches
 migraine
headaches
 temporomandibular joint
dysfunction

irritable bowel
syndrome
 ulcers and colitis
 coronary heart
disease

Temporomandibular Joint
Dysfunction
See Figure 3.5 of your textbook.
Immune System-Related
Disorders
the common
cold and
influenza
 allergies
 rheumatoid
arthritis
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
lupus
cancer
AIDS
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