The psychoneuroimmunology of chronic disease : exploring the links between inflammation, stress, and illness /
"Why are depressed people more likely to suffer heart attacks? Why do people with hostile worldviews have higher rates of metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes? Recent years have witnessed considerable growth in the field of psychoneuroimmunology, which describes how psychological factors, suc...
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Washington, D.C. :
American Psychological Association,
[2010]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- An overview of stress, immunity, and risk of disease / Maureen Groèer, Mary Meagher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
- Inflammation, fatty acid oxidation, and neurodegenerative disease / Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. Montine
- Sleep and inflammation : a potential link to chronic diseases / Edward C. Suarez and Harold Goforth
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids, inflammation, and inflammatory diseases / Philip C. Calder
- Depression, hostility, posttraumatic stress disorder, and inflammation : the corrosive health effects of negative mental states / Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
- Cognitive and behavioral reactions to stress among adults with PTSD : implications for immunity and health / Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. Hughes
- Social stress and inflammation in the exacerbation of multiple sclerosis : an animal model with implications for humans / Mary W. Meagher and C. Jane R. Welsh
- Allostasis : a model for women's health / Maureen Groèer and the Women's Health Group
- Treatments for depression that lower inflammation : additional support for an inflammatory etiology of depression / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
- Inflammation and chronic disease : clinical implications and future directions / Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.