關於這本電子書
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 this evolving field. Maintaining a clinical focus, this book illustrates clinical effects by examining relevant research studies and models including Psychoneuroimmunological factors involved in specific illnesses such as cervical cancer, breast cancer and HIV/AIDS The role psychoneuroimmunology plays in carcinogenesis and the progression of established tumors, as well as findings on the progression of cancer that have general clinical relevance The effects of specific psychotropic medications; the effects of life stressors, bereavement, and and social support; the response to those stressors; and stress management and psychosocial predictors of disease The impacts of gender-specific factors, diurnal variation, and behavioral genetics on the immune function The Stressor-Support-Coping model, which integrates existing psychoneuroimmunology findings and lays the groundwork for use in support group intervention
This book is a first step toward organizing psychoneuroimmunology findings into coherent theoretical models and concludes with a look at future clinical applications. Complete with charts, references, and a detailed index, it is the most comprehensive source on psychoneuroimmunology.
關於作者
Karl Goodkin, M.D., Ph.D., is in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology and Psychology at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. He also works at the Helen Dowling Institute for Biopsychosocial Medicine, Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Adriaan P. Visser, Ph.D., is with the Helen Dowling Institute for Biopsychosocial Medicine, Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
