The oxytocin factor : tapping the hormone of calm, love, and healing / Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg ; translated from the Swedish by Roberta W. Francis ; drawings by Airi Iliste.

Lugn och beröring. English. 2003

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2003], ©2003.

xvi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Oxytocin -- The environmental context -- An essential balance -- The body's control centers -- How oxytocin works -- Effects of oxytocin injections -- The oxytocin tree -- Nursing: oxytocin's starring role -- Oxytocin and touch -- Oxytocin and other senses -- Oxytocin and sexuality -- Oxytocin and relationships -- Massage -- Eating: an internal massage -- Cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs -- Medication-induced calm and connection -- Motion and stillness -- Our inner ecology.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.