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Treating the Aching Heart: A Guide to Depression, Stress,
and Heart Disease
LAWSON R. WULSIN, MD
256 pages, 6 x 9 inches
16 figures, 3 tables
bibliography, index, appendixes
Vanderbilt University Press 2007
ISBN 0-8265-1560-6
(978-0-8265-1560-5)
Hardcover $49.95s
ISBN 0-8265-1561-4
(978-0-8265-1561-2)
Paper $22.95t
www.lawsonwulsin.com
For those who are curious about the mind-body connection,
this book charts the vicious cycle of depression and heart
disease. Through vignettes, scientific summaries, illustrations,
and practical clinical tips, a new approach to this vexing
mind-body problem points the way to better care based on
cutting-edge science.
Treating the Aching Heart presents a new view of depression
as a broad-reaching illness with a distinct neurobiology,
as well as its better known psychological
and social dimensions. This book shows how the most up-to-date model of heart
disease extends to the biology of depression in ways that translate into
tips for better care.
Information Medicine
The Biopsychosocial Model and Beyond:
Narrative Practices for Medicine and Healthy Living in the
21st Century
by David C. Tinling, MD, 2005
Toward an
Integrated Medicine
Classics from Psychosomatic Medicine, 1959-1979
Towards an Integrated Medicine includes 19 seminal, excellent
articles published between 1959 and 1979 selection for inclusion
by the American Psychosomatic Society Publications Committee.
These articles were chosen based on their merit, importance
for the field, and excellent argumentation and because they
are a springboard to further research.
This book is a useful reference for graduate students, medical
students, residents, and faculty in Psychiatry, Psychology,
Behavioral Science and other fields studying mind-body aspects
of health and behavior.
To order your copy, contact the APS Executive Office.
Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease
by Waldstein, S.R., & Elias, M.F.
Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality
in the United States and many other countries, confers substantial
risk for cerebrovascular events such as stroke and vascular
dementia. The neuropsychological sequelae of such conditions
are well documented and can have a devastating impact on individuals'
quality of life. However, prior to the development of overt
cerebrovascular complications, persons with cardiovascular disease
or its risk factors may display mild to severe neuropsychological
difficulties. Medical and surgical treatments for cardiovascular
disease have also been found to affect neuropsychological function.
This landmark volume offers the first comprehensive overview
of the neuropsychological consequences of cardiovascular disease,
tracking its natural history, epidemiology, and treatments.
It encourages researchers and clinicians to consider all relevant
facets of vascular disease processes in their evaluation, study,
and treatment of affected patients, and indicates a need for
enhanced primary and secondary prevention efforts.
We hope that Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease will
be an invaluable resource to neuropsychologists, specialists
in behavioral medicine, neurologists, cardiologists, epidemiologists,
gerontologists, and many other health professionals whose work
brings them into contact with these challenging patients.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah,
NJ 07430-2262 toll-free order #: 1 800 926-6579 faxed orders
to: 1 201 760-3735 book orders can be e-mailed to: orders@erlbaum.com on-line ordering:
http://www.erlbaum.org/
The full reference for our book is: Waldstein, S.R., & Elias,
M.F. (Eds). (2001). Neuropsychology of cardiovascular disease.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
There is a 15% discount on books when ordering online.
VISCERAL SENSORY NEUROSCIENCE
Interoception
by Oliver G. Cameron, M.D., Ph.D.
Oxford University Press, 2002.
The concept of psychosomatic in psychosomatic medicine assumes
that the psyche (mind, brain) and soma (body) are in intimate
contact with each other, but does not say how. For the past
100 years there has been interest in how this contact occurs,
including autonomic nervous system, endocrinological, and immune
functions. Focus on nervous system contact has been dominated
by study of the brain's influences on the body. Afferent function--how
the body talks to the brain--has been largely neglected until
the past 1-2 decades. The present volume is the first to summarize
both broadly and in detail how these visceral sensory process
occur, including both biological and psychological perspectives
and data. This topic, and this book, should be of interest to
any investigator or clinician (including students) who wishes
to know about how the the body talks to the brain, and hence
not just the what but the how of psychosomatic medicine.
The Oxford University Press, USA, can be reached at oup-usa.org, and the specific
book can be reached by searching that site either by author
or title.
Stress & Health:
Biological and Psychological Interactions
William R. Lovallo, Ph.D.
Sage Publications, 1997
The concept of stress has long captured the interest of
scientists, doctors, and the lay public. In modern life,
our most burdensome challenges are often
the nagging worries and psychological disturbances that challenge our serenity
and sense of well-being. The potential for these mental disturbances to alter
our physical health is an idea we all share -- yet, the facts about stress
and health are only beginning to emerge in detail. This volume is intended
to give
the reader a broad review of the history of the stress idea. The book also
discusses how mental stress becomes a major challenge for our traditional
approaches to
medicine and psychology. The text provides an integrated model of how psychological
stress can affect brain centers controlling emotions and bodily processes.
This model is used to illustrate how stress may affect the immune system,
the cardiovascular
system, and emotional health. Stress & Health is the only single-source
book on the biology of psychological stress for students and researchers
in the behavioral
sciences. This volume introduces the key organizing principles of behavioral
coping in relation to brain function and the resulting impact on the body.
These questions are addressed from the perspective of health psychology.
The discussion
is integrated from chapter to chapter. It builds a systematic base of information
that will be a valuable introduction for students and a helpful review for
professionals.
The 2nd edition is updated with highlights of recent literature on emerging
topics. There are new chapters on stress and the endocrine system and on
the interactions
between stress and genes. The 2nd edition will be available in the Fall of
2004.
Link to Amazon.com listing.
Psychosomatic Medicine
and the Rorschach Test
by Piero Porcelli
Psimatica, Madrid, 2004.
The book focuses on the use of the Rorschach test in psychosomatic
medicine, with particular emphasis on the Rorschach Comprehensive
System. The first part is devoted to the issues of psychological
diagnosis in somatic illnesses, strengths and limitations
of the use of
the Rorschach with medical patients, and research data on
the Rorschach
and alexithymia, cancer, chronic pain, and other medical
conditions. The
second part includes the presentation and the discussion
of six clinical
cases of bowel obsession syndrome, pain disorder with psychiatric
comorbidity, post-surgical psychological adjustment in ulcerative
colitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and somatization disorder.
An
Appendix illustrates reference data for alexithymic patients
with the
Rorschach Comprehensive System.
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