Does CONNECT believe in the mind/body connection?
Yes. One of our missions is to nurture mind, body, and spirit through various events and activities. Many medications taken for mental illness affect the body. Some cause extreme weight gain, others cause excessive urination, not to mention extrapyramidal side effects from some psychiatric drugs. So yes, what happens in the mind affects the body. The mind controls the body and when something is wrong with the body, it lets the mind know. They depend on each other! If you are depressed, you can lose weight and stop eating, this affects the nutrients that are going to all your cells, including the brain. I believe that the mind and body are connected. We cannot say that the mind works by itself because without the body the mind would not work. The beautiful part about humanity is that we have a mind/body connection. They work together and because of this, we can achieve homeostasis and wellness. A person can not achieve wellness by simply focusing on the mind and abandoning the body; the
