The Psychoneuroimmunology of Chronic Disease: Exploring the Links Between Inflammation, Stress, and Illness

Herausgeber: Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, editor Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett and an elite group of researchers explore the ways physical and psychological stressors such as poor sleep, PTSD, and depression, trigger the inflammatory response and increase the risk of disease.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 263
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9781433804762
• ISBN-10: 143380476X
• Artikelnr.: 26440553

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicines, Amarillo, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association® in Divisions 38 (Health Psychology) and 56 (Trauma Psychology). She is editor of Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly and associate editor of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and she serves on the editorial boards of four other journals in family violence and perinatal health. In addition to serving as acquisitions editor for Hale Publishing, Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 200 journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and has authored or edited 17 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding. A founding member of APA's Division 56, she currently serves as division secretary.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Foreword 
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser
Introduction 
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Part I: The Role of Inflammation in Disease Process
Chapter 1: An Overview of Stress and Immunity 
Maureen Groër, Mary W. Meagher, and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Chapter 2: Inflammation, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Neurodegenerative
Disease 
Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. Montine
Chapter 3: Sleep and Inflammation: A Potential Link to Chronic Diseases 
Edward C. Suarez and Harold Goforth
Chapter 4: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammation, and Inflammatory
Diseases 
Philip C. Calder
Part II:  The Link Between Stress, Inflammation, and Disease
Chapter 5: Depression, Hostility, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and
Inflammation: The Corrosive Health Effects of Negative Mental States 
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Chapter 6: Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to Stress Among Adults With
PTSD: Implications for Immunity and Health 
Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. Hughes
Chapter 7: 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
Chapter 8: Allostasis: A Model for Women's Health 
Maureen Groër and the Women's Health Research Group at the University of
South Florida College of Nursing
Chapter 9: Treatments for Depression That Lower Inflammation: Additional
Support for an Inflammatory Etiology of Depression 
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Epilogue: Inflammation and Chronic Disease: Clinical Implications and
Future Directions 
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Index
About the Editor