Psychoneuroimmunology has emerged as a discipline advancing our knowledge of the relationships among psychosocial factors, the central nervous system, the immune system, and disease. The growing volume of evidence suggests that psychological states, including exposure to stressors and the presence of depressive states, may influence health and disease by altering immunologic states.
Psychoneuroimmunology, a collaborative work of 50 international experts, expands on the American Psychiatric Association's symposium on this topic to present never-before-compiled scientific research from...
Psychoneuroimmunology has emerged as a discipline advancing our knowledge of the relationships among psychosocial factors, the central nervous syst...
Although current cognitive-behavioural therapies and psychopharmacological treatments have the remarkable ability to resolve and manage many psychiatric problems, these methods are not universally successful. Unconscious patterns and conflicts seem to be at the root of many patients' difficulties and warrant psychodynamic approaches. Unfortunately, the fact that the unconscious and the structure of the unconscious mind are impervious to laboratory analysis and scientific proof makes psychoanalysis a dubious, unreliable treatment option in some professional circles.
Although current cognitive-behavioural therapies and psychopharmacological treatments have the remarkable ability to resolve and manage many psychiatr...
A text on the assessment, management and treatment of violent psychiatric patients. Topics examined include behaviour therapy for aggressive psychiatric patients, a social-learning approach to reducing aggressive behaviour and videotape recording of assaults.
A text on the assessment, management and treatment of violent psychiatric patients. Topics examined include behaviour therapy for aggressive psychiatr...
Provides psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals with a thorough examination of the most current research on the role of melatonin in psychiatric and neoplastic disorders. This unique textbook and clinical reference is divided into four sections: - Evolutionary Development and Neurobiology of the Pineal Gland -- discusses the synthesis of melatonin and the anatomy of the pineal gland- Melatonin in Psychiatric Disorders in Adults -- pioneers in the field of pineology outline their findings on melatonin in the areas of adult depression,...
Provides psychiatrists, oncologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other health professionals with a thorough examination of the most curren...
