Description
Comorbidity, 1st ed. 2020
Symptoms, Conditions, Behavior and Treatments
Coordinators: Brown Rhonda, Thorsteinsson Einar
Language: EnglishSubject for Comorbidity:
Keywords
symptom comorbidity; anxiety; depression; sleep problems; obesity; affective distress; multiple disorders; diabetes; sleep apnea; medical treatments; comorbid illnesses; treatment approaches; psychiatric symptoms; comorbid psychiatric illness; sleep dysregulation; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; circadian rhythm dysfunction; nocturnal body temperature
Publication date: 12-2020
274 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 12-2019
274 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Comorbidity: What is it and why is it important?; Rhonda Brown and Einar Thorsteinsson.- Chapter 2: Models of Comorbidity; Rhonda Brown and Einar Thorsteinsson.- Chapter 3: Overweight/Obesity and Concurrent Disorders, Symptoms, Behaviour and Body Temperature; Rhonda Brown and Yasmine Umar.- Chapter 4: Overview of the Comorbidity between Medical Illnesses and Overweight/ Obesity; Christopher J Nolan.- Chapter 5: Comorbid Eating Disorders; C. Laird Birmingham.- Chapter 6: Comorbid psychiatric illnesses; Einar Thorsteinsson and Rhonda Brown.- Chapter 7: Arousal States, Symptoms, Behaviour, Sleep, and Body Temperature; Rhonda Brown and Einar Thorsteinsson.- Chapter 8: Design, statistical and methodological considerations: Comorbidity; Einar Thorsteinsson and Rhonda Brown.- Chapter 9: Typing It All Together; Rhonda Brown and Einar Thorsteinsson.
Explores how comorbidity is related to a broad range of behaviours
Highlights future areas for research related to co-existing symptoms and conditions
Offers novel treatment approaches to help clinicians in optimizing treatment for their patients
Demonstrates that comorbidities are the result of a complex bio-psycho-behavioral mechanism that includes circadian rhythm dysfunction
Introduces a new theory on the substantial comorbidity that exists between many illnesses and their concurrent symptoms such as pain or fatigue