Psychogastroenterology : A biopsychosocial approach to treating common gastrointestinal and hepatologic disorders

ISBN-13: 9783639068351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 324 str.

Antonina Mikocka-Walus

Opis

Chronic diseases result in an increased vulnerabilityto psychological problems. With an incidence of manychronic conditions on the rise, screening for anxietyand depression should become a routine part ofeffective medical therapy, especially if treatment ofpsychological co-morbidities can be demonstrated toimprove the course of the disease or improve apatient s quality of life. Gastroenterologicalconditions have been found to be closely associatedwith mental problems. Because of this, theunderstanding and treatment of thesedisorders must incorporate a psychologicalperspective. This interdisciplinary book aims to be avoice in a discussion on the closer co-existence ofgastroenterology and psychology, and on theapplication of the biopsychosocial model to a deeperunderstanding of gastrointestinal disorders. The bookshould be especially useful to health professionalswith an interest in the relationship between thepsyche and chronic disease, and gastroenterologicaldisorders in particular, or anyone else with aninterest in the biopsychosocial model.

O autorze

Dr Antonina Mikocka-Walus was born in 1979 in Warsaw, Poland. She
obtained her Master of Psychology degree from Warsaw University,
Poland in 2002 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medicine from
the University of Adelaide, Australia in 2008. She currently
holds a position of a Research Fellow at the Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia.