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Book SynopsisThis book shows how the principles and emerging findings of psychoneuroendocrinology can inform modern clinical practice and lead to breakthroughs in science and practice. Sections are categorized by endocrine system, with sections on clinical and laboratory assessments and on the role of stress in susceptibility to disease.
Trade Review. . .provides an excellent basis for any trainee or junior investigator who is entering the field or reviewing it for board examinations and should be useful for the next decade. All chapters are very well written and clinically relevant-mostly to physicians and biological investigators, probably, and to social workers, many psychologists, and certainly nurse practitioners, who will also find this book a fascinating and useful background for their work. . . . The reader will be fascinated by the smorgasbord of information that is presented clearly and cogently in this book.
* Psychiatric Services *
I have not seen a book on this topic that is so relevant, easy to read, and clinically useful on a daily basis. It is packed with information on the important interplay between psychiatry and endocrinology, with a good amount of neurology. This book will be a valuable resource in my clinical and research practice. Four Stars!
* Doody's Health Science Book Reviews *
In an era when our profession must prove uniqueness of our skill set, as distinct from psychologists' skills, every psychiatrist should be versed in the topics covered in the book. . . . The chapters presented here review and then summarize clinically relevant pearls so that the practicing psychiatrist can give the best current knowledge to patients and non-psychiatric colleagues. This volume is most highly recommended with the psychiatrist primarily in mind. Nurse practitioners, researchers, psychologists, residents and medical students would also benefit. Most will probably refer to it frequently as our practice demands consistent, highest competency in the relationships between endocrine function and behavioral disturbances.
* Psychiatric Times *
As a whole, this book is certainly the first comprehensive integrated approach of modern psychoneuroendocrinology. It is a must for not only graduates but also basic and clinical researchers who need to understand better their own specific field of interest and are willing to play a more active role in holistic perspectives of human functioning and dysfunctioning.
* Psychoneuroendocrinology *
This authoritative volume, compiled and written by the leading lights in these fields, will serve as a highly useful source for those new to the area and as a superb review for those needing a refresher or update. Each of the 19 clearly written and highly referenced chapters provides historical context for the topic under consideration, offers sufficient basic biological underpinning and description to clearly explain the subjects at hand and to show how they fit into the larger schemes of biological psychiatry, and presents clinical and treatment implications of the discussions. . . . Readers will be able to turn to this volume for individual chapters or, alternatively, easily use the text for a graduate, post-graduate, or residency level seminar.
* Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic *
This fine textbook, edited by two eminent experts in the field with contributions from many others of equal stature, is a readable, practical, and well-researched volume that begins with a fascinating history of psychoneuroendocrinology and guides the reader through the various components of the endocrine system as they relate to psychopathology.
* Psychosomatics *
Table of ContentsContributors
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2. Historical Roots of Psychoneuroendocrinology
Part II: Peptide Hormones
Chapter 3. Neuropeptides and Hypothalamic Releasing Factors in Psychiatric Illness
Chapter 4. Chronobiology and Melatonin
Chapter 5. Prolactin, Growth Hormone, Insulin, Glucagon, and Parathyroid Hormone: Psychobiological and Clinical Implications
Part III: Adrenocortical Hormones
Chapter 6. The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Psychiatric Illness
Chapter 7. Psychiatric Manifestations of Hyperadrenocorticism and Hypoadrenocorticism (Cushing's and Addison's Diseases)
Chapter 8. Psychiatric Effects of Glucocorticoid Hormone Medications
Chapter 9. Dehydroepiandrosterone in Psychoneuroendocrinology
Part IV: Gonadal Hormones
Chapter 10. Menstrual Cycle–Related and Perimenopause-Related Affective Disorders
Chapter 11. Endogenous Gonadal Hormones in Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 12. Clinical Psychotropic Effects of Gonadal Hormone Medications in Women
Chapter 13. Psychiatric Effects of Exogenous Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
Part V: Thyroid Hormones
Chapter 14. Thyroid Function in Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 15. Psychiatric and Behavioral Manifestations of Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism
Chapter 16. Thyroid Hormone Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Part VI: Laboratory Testing
Chapter 17. Laboratory Evaluation of Neuroendocrine Systems
Chapter 18. Endocrine Imaging in Depression
Part VII: Stress
Chapter 19. Stress and Neuroendocrine Function: Individual Differences and Mechanisms Leading to Disease
Index
