The psychoneuroimmunology of chronic disease : exploring the links between inflammation, stress, and illness / edited by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.

Contents An overview of stress and immunity / Maureen Groër, Mary W. Meagher, and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett -- Inflammation, fatty acid oxidation, and neurodegenerative disease / Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. Montine -- Sleep and inflammation : a potential link to chronic diseases / Edward C. Suarez and Harold Goforth -- Polyunsaturated fatty acids, inflammation, and inflammatory diseases / Philip C. Calder -- Depression, hostility, posttraumatic stress disorder, and inflammation : the corrosive health effects of negative mental states / Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett -- Cognitive and behavioral reactions to stress among adults with PTSD : implications for immunity and health / Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. Hughes -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009005407
ISBN9781433804762
ISBN143380476X