Human Psychoneuroimmunology

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-856884-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Mind-body interactions have been the subject of debate for many generations. However, it is only in recent years that these interactions have become the subject of rigorous scientific enquiry. In recent years there have been major advances in our understanding of the stress process, the endocrine and immune systems, and the methodologies used to investigate these phenomena. As a result, we have witnessed an explosion of research activity in the field known as psychoneuroimmunology - the study of psychological processes and their interaction with the nervous and immune systems.

This book presents an up to date account of the human evidence in this field. The first three chapters introduce the reader to the biological systems at the heart of mind/body interactions and the methods used to investigate them. Thereafter, each chapter deals with a separate clinical entity; examining the theoretical basis for mind/body interactions; the associated empirical evidence and directions for future research. With each chapter written by international experts in the field, it provides the reader with an up to date account of the research evidence in the rapidly evolving field of psychoneuroimmunology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vedhara, Kavita

Irwin, Michael R.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pathologie, Cytopathologie, Histopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Bruce S. Rabin: Introduction to immunology and immune-endocrine interactions

- 2: Joey M. Kaye and Stafford Lightman: Psychological stress and endocrine axes

- 3: Kavita Vedhara and Edward Wang: Assessment of the immune system in human psychoneuroimmunology

- 4: Frank J. Penedo and Jason Dahn: Psychoneuroimmunology and ageing

- 5: Andrew Steptoe and Lena Brydon: Psychoneuroimmunology and coronary heart disease

- 6: Leslie G. Walker, Victoria L. Green, John Greenman, Andrew A. Walker and Donald M. Sharp: Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic malignant disease: cancer

- 7: Deidre Pereira and Frank J. Penedo: Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic viral disease: HIV infection

- 8: Cobi J. Heijnen and Annemieke Kavelaars: Psychoneuroimmunology and chronic autoimmune disease: rheumatoid arthritis

- 9: Greg Miller and Sheldon Cohen: Infectious disease and psychoneuroimmunology

- 10: Michael R. Irwin and Jason C. Cole: Depression and psychoneuroimmunology

- 11: Eric V. Yang and Ronald Glaser: Wound healing and psychoneuroimmunology

- 12: Michael H. Antoni: Behavioural interventions and psychoneuroimmunology

- 13: Roger Booth: Emotional disclosure and psychoneuroimmunology

- Integrative summary: On the clinical relevance of psychoneuroimmunology

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Kavita Vedhara is an MRC Career Track Scientist. She is on the editorial board of British Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology and Health and Brain, Behaviour and Immunity.

Michael Irwin is Associate Editor of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (official journal of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society); Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine; Advisory Council, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Past-President, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; Past President, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society; Norman Cousins Professor at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.