The mindbody problem

Type: Book

As of November 2026, The mindbody problem has been mentioned in one podcast episode on John R. Miles (Feb 2026). Early novel by Rebecca Goldstein where the concept of mattering first emerged, providing background to her current work.

John Ernest Sarno Jr. was Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University School of Medicine and an attending physician at the Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1943, and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1950. In 1965, he was appointed the director of the outpatient department at the Rusk Institute.