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psychotherapy
The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes
Neurobiology and Illness Behavior in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War
Illness, Irritable Bowel, and Premenstrual Dysphoria
by Peter Manu, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New
York
Learn how a patient’s behavior can factor into the prognosis of medically
unexplainable illness!
The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes examines the link between mental
illness and physical syndromes that lack organic disease explanations, including chronic
fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, premenstrual dysphoria, irritable bowel, and Gulf War
illness.
The author has evaluated the best research work of the past 20 years to determine the
association between psychopathology and functional illness, the biological gradient
between somatic and psychological symptoms, and the manifestations of dysfunctional
coping.
The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes challenges recent conceptualizations
of functional somatic syndromes as brain disorders connected to affective spectrum
disorder, serotonin deficiency, cerebral hypoperfusion or abnormal
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and highlights the importance of abnormal illness
behavior, sexual victimization, and maladaptive coping for the production and maintenance
of these disorders.
The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes explores observations on the
neurobiology and the personality abnormalities of patients made from structured data
collected over a period of several years. It describes modern perceptions of functional
somatic syndromes and how they have evolved into a tightly knit family of self-standing
syndromes with a common core. The book examines the correlation between the burden of
psychopathology and the physical features of these illnesses; reviews advances made in the
appraisal of the neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, and neurochemistry of functional
syndromes; and focuses on the connection between measurable dimensions of personality,
coping, and illness behavior and the prognosis of medically unexplainable illnesses.
ORDER CODE: HP78901260XB
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