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Main description:
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) - the interactions among the mind, nervous system, and immune system - is a new discipline that has emerged only in the last fifty years. Even more recent but no less important have been the many advances in and applications of psychology to PNI, the contributions of which are essential to the vitality of the rapidly growing field.
The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology comprises perspectives on the state-of-the-art applications of psychological theory to PNI. Chapters in the volume represent the entire range of levels of analysis in psychoneuroimmunology. Genes within cells, cells within organs, organs within individuals, and individuals within both close social groups and large social structures are considered. Furthermore, chapters address the effects of psychological factors on markers of chronic,
low-grade, systemic inflammation, which can indicate risk for many disorders including atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, frailty, and some cancers. The volume provides specific applications of psychoneuroimmunological models to fatigue, cancer, neuroinflammation, and pain - and a superb review of the ways
psychotherapeutic approaches integrated with psychoneuroimmunological knowledge can mitigate against adverse health outcomes.
This volume samples from the best and most sophisticated applications of psychology to PNI, whether those applications arise from affective science, development, behavioral neuroscience, or clinical psychology.
Contents:
Preface ; Suzanne C. Segerstrom ; Part One: Development ; 1. Stress and Immunity in Pregnancy ; Mary E. Coussons-Read ; 2. The Logic of Developmental Psychoneuroimmunology ; Christopher L. Coe ; 3. Well-Being, Aging, and Immunity ; Elliot M. Friedman ; 4. Stress and Immune System Aging ; Rita B. Effros ; Part Two: Emotion ; 5. Physiological Correlates of Self-Conscious Emotions ; Sally S. Dickerson ; 6. Positive Emotions and Immunity ; Sarah D. Pressman and Lora Black ; 7. Emotional Expression and Disclosure ; Roger J. Booth ; Part Three: Personality and Individual Differences ; 8. Temperament/Animal Personality ; Kerry C. Michael and Sonia A. Cavigelli ; 9. Personality and Human Immunity ; Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts, Crista N. Crittenden, and Rodlescia S. Sneed ; 10. The Association Between Measures of Inflammation and Psychological Factors Associated with an Increased Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Hostility, Anger, and Depressed Mood and Symptoms ; Edward C. Suarez ; Part Four: Social Relationships ; 11. Marriage ; Theodore F. Robles and Heidi S. Kane ; 12. Social Support and Immunity ; Bert N. Uchino, Allison A. Vaughn, McKenzie Carlisle, and Wendy Birmingham ; 13. Socioeconomic Status, Inflammation, and Immune Function ; Andrew Steptoe ; 14. Social Regulation of Gene Expression in the Immune System ; Steven W. Cole ; Part Five: Ecological Approaches ; 15. Comparative Psychoneuroimmunology/Ecoimmunology: Lessons from Simpler Model Systems ; Shelley A. Adamo ; 16. Seasonal Rhythms in Psychoneuroimmunology ; Zachary M. Weil and Randy J. Nelson ; 17. Motivation ; Arnaud Aubert ; Part Six: Clinical Method and Models ; 18. Psychoneuroimmunology of Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance: The Role of Proinflammatory Cytokines ; Shamini Jain, Julienne Bower, and Michael R. Irwin ; 19. Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancer: Biobehavioral Influences on Tumor Progression ; Susan K. Lutgendorf, Erin S. Costanzo, Anil K. Sood ; 20. Regulation of Target System Sensitivity in Neuroinflammation: Role of GRK2 in Chronic Pain ; Annemieke Kavelaars, Anibal Garza Carbajal, and Cobi J. Heijnen ; 21. Stress Management, PNI, and Disease ; Michael H. Antoni ; 22. Methods, Variance, and Error in Psychoneuroimmunology Research: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ; Suzanne C. Segerstrom and Gregory T. Smith ; Part Seven: Conclusion ; 23. Looking into the Future: Conclusion to The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology ; Suzanne C. Segerstrom
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Publication date: July, 2012
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 254.00 x 255.00 x 31.00
Weight: 1090g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology, Neurology, Psychology, Psychotherapy
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