The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes: Neurobiology and

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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... Read more

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.

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes examines:

psychiatric morbidity
brain perfusion
post-traumatic stress in Gulf War illness
the spectrum of mood disorders
the hypothalamatic-pituitary-adrenal axis
the sexual victimization of patients
and much more!

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes is an essential resource for psychiatrists and psychologists working in outpatient practice. Read less

Introduction
Part I. The Clinical Manifestations of Functional Syndromes
Chapter 1. The Modern Conceptualization of Unexplained Symptoms
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Premenstrual Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Gulf War Illness
Chapter 2. A Tight-Knit Family of Syndromes
Part II. Psychiatric Morbidity in Functional Somatic Illness
Chapter 3. Depression and Somatization in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mood Disorders and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Somatization Disorder and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Psychopathology and Chronic Fatigue: Environmental or Genetic Covariation?
Chapter 4. Somatization and Depression in Fibromyalgia
Chapter 5. The Spectrum of Mood Disorders Associated with Premenstrual Dysphoria
Chapter 6. Anxiety, Depression, and Somatization in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 7. Somatization and Posttraumatic Stress in Gulf War Illness
Part III. The Psychobiology of Functional Somatic Syndromes
Chapter 8. Neuroanatomy and Brain Perfusion in Functional Somatic Syndromes
Magnetic Resonance and Single Photon Emission Imaging in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Cerebral Perfusion in Fibromyalgia
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Premenstrual Brain Volume
Functional Magnetic Resonance in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Magnetic Resonance and Single Photon Emission Tomography in Gulf War Syndrome
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Neuropsychological Deficits in Functional Somatic Illness
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Gulf War Illness
Chapter 10. The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Functional Somatic Illness
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The Reactivity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Fibromyalgia
Cortisol Levels in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Assessment of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Premenstrual Syndrome
Chapter 11. The Serotonin Metabolism in Functional Somatic Illness
Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Serotonin Metabolism in Fibromyalgia
Serotonergic Function in Premenstrual Syndrome
Part IV. Abnormal Personality and Illness Behavior in Functional Somatic Syndromes
Chapter 12. Abnormal Personality in Functional Somatic Syndromes
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Premenstrual Syndrome
Gulf War Illness
Conclusion
Chapter 13. The Sexual Victimization of Patients with Functional Somatic Syndromes
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chapter 14. Somatic Attributions in Functional Illness
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Premenstrual Syndrome
Chapter 15. Maladaptive Coping in Functional Somatic Syndromes
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
References
Index
Reference Notes Included

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Roberto Patarca-Montero and Peter Manu

The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes Neurobiology and Illness Behavior in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness, Irrit

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