Christie Napa Scollon is a Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, USA. During her 20+ year career, she has published dozens of papers and chapters on the topic of well-being and emotions, with her work appearing in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, American Psychologist, and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. She has taught popular undergraduate courses such as Abnormal Psychology, The Science of Happiness, Positive Psychology, and Health Psychology from where the idea for this book arose.

• Prologue: A Personal Story 1. Why We Need a New Framework for Understanding Health 2. The False Dichotomy of Mind and Body 3. Inflammation: The Master Mediator 4. Sources of Inflammation 5. Redefining Health to Include Social Relationships and Positive Affect 6. The Social Ecology of Health: Social/Commercial Determinants of Health 7. Social Justice and Health 8. Climate Change and Health 9. Entry Points: The Vagus Nerve and Gut Microbiome 10. Democratization of Knowledge, Interdisciplinarity, and Limitations