Chronic Diseases : Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine

ISBN-13: 9780805818550 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 360 str.

Marvin Stein;Stein; Marvin Stein

Opis

This text examines both cure and risk in chronic illnesses which are among the group of disorders associated with the leading causes of death in the US - Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS and cancer. It focuses on the role of brain and behaviour in relation to the cure and prevention of these disorders.

Recenzje

...this scholarly text covers a broad spectrum of behavioral medicine issues, with a particular strength in the coverage of behavioral components of major medical illnesses of current concern. A genuine and successful effort is made to discuss the clinical implications and relevance of empirical findings.
—Contemporary Psychology

"...a useful reference for clinicians and researchers seeking to refresh their established knowledge of behavioral medicine and PNI research and for young investigators who seek to acquaint themselves with important areas of inquiry in this field."
—The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: Neuropsychological Aspects of Chronic Illnesses. M.A. Pappolla, N.K. Robakis, Neuropathology and Molecular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease. D.J. Johannessen, R.C. Mohs, B.A. Lawlor, L.D. Altstiel, Early Markers of Disease Expression in Alzheimer's Disease. B.A. Lawlor, Experimental Therapeutics of Alzheimer's Disease. J.R. Hesselink, T.L. Jernigan, W.C. Heindel, Structural Brain Imaging of HIV Infection. R.K. Heaton, R.A. Velin, J.H. Atkinson, S.J. Gulevich, J.A. McCutchan, J.R. Hesselink, J.L. Chandler, I. Grant, HNRC Group, Neuropsychological Impairment in an HIV-Positive Male Cohort. Part II: Stress and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illnesses. L.A. Rosenblum, M. Andrews, Primate Developmental Models of Stress. S. Folkman, M. Chesney, Coping with HIV Infection. M.H. Antoni, B.A. Esterling, S. Lutgendorf, M.A. Fletcher, N. Schneiderman, Psychosocial Stressors, Herpes Virus Reactivation and HIV-1 Infection. A.B. Zonderman, Symptoms of Depression Are Not a Risk for Cancer Morbidity and Mortality. B.H. Fox, A Hypothesis to Reconcile Conflicting Conclusions in Studies Relating Depressed Mood to Later Cancer. D. Spiegel, Psychosocial Influences on Cancer Survival. Part III: Human Sexuality and Disease. R.C. Schiavi, Introduction: Research in Sexuality and AIDS. J.M. Reinisch, S.A. Sanders, M. Ziemba-Davis, Self-Labeled Sexual Orientation and Sexual Behavior: Considerations for STD-Related Biomedical Research and Education. V.M. Mays, S.D. Cochran, HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community: Changing Concerns, Changing Behaviors. Part IV: Psychoneuroimmunology and Chronic Illnesses. S. Perry, Psychoneuroimmunology and AIDS: Challenge or "Challenger?" M. Stein, A.H. Miller, Future Directions for Psychoneuroimmunology Research.

O autorze

Andrew S. Baum, Marvin Stein