| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
pages. |
| Series |
PsycBOOKS (EBSCO) |
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PsycBOOKS (EBSCO)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Summary |
"Medically unexplained illnesses are among the most common disorders in primary medical care today. Accordingly, there has been a recent surge of interest in the physiology of such illnesses as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and multiple chemical sensitivity. However, biomedical models can only go so far toward understanding a group of painful and often frustrating symptoms. These models are unable to fully answer such questions as how these vulnerabilities are aggravated by psychosocial stress factors, including childhood abuse, work, and interpersonal stress; what cognitive factors contribute to an increase in symptoms; and, perhaps more important, why medically unexplained illnesses strike women in overwhelmingly disproportionate numbers. Author Susan K. Johnson surveys the most recent research on how psychological, social, and physiological factors may interact and contribute to the development of symptoms and illustrates how this knowledge can inform practice through the use of effective therapy examples and treatment approaches. This volume will appeal to both psychologists and health care professionals interested in more fully understanding the interaction between mind and body in medically unexplained illness"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Contents |
A brief history of gender in medically unexplained illness -- Psychiatric disorder in medically unexplained illness -- Psychosocial and cognitive factors in medically unexplained illness -- Biology of medically unexplained illness -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Fibromyalgia -- Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Multiple chemical sensitivity -- Treatment approaches to irritable bowel syndrome -- Treatment approaches to fibromyalgia -- Treatment approaches to chronic fatigue syndrome -- Treatment in multiple chemical sensitivity -- Conclusions: understanding medically unexplained illness. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Somatoform disorders.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Etiology.
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Multiple chemical sensitivity -- Etiology.
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Fibromyalgia -- Etiology.
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Sex differences (Psychology)
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Somatoform disorders.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Etiology.
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Multiple chemical sensitivity -- Etiology.
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Fibromyalgia -- Etiology.
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Sex differences (Psychology)
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Psychophysiologic Disorders xpsychology.
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Psychophysiologic Disorders xtherapy.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Fibromyalgia.
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Irritable colon.
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Sex Factors.
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| Indexed Term |
Diagnostik Ätiologie Psychosomatik |
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Fibromyalgie Funktionelle Störung |
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Chronisches Ermüdungssyndrom Funktionelle Störung |
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Reizcolon Funktionelle Störung |
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Multiple chemical sensitivity Funktionelle Störung |
| Added Author |
American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 2007010292 |
| ISBN |
9780979212581 print ed. |
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0979212588 print ed. |
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