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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.