Stress and Brain Health: In Clinical Conditions International Review of Neurobiology Series

Stress and Brain Health: In Clinical Conditions, Volume 152, examines up-to-date knowledge on how stress effects brain health. The book's wide-ranging topics include the effects of pre-natal and childhood stress on neurodevelopment and aging. Chapters cover Stress and neuropsychiatric disorders, Stress and schizophrenia, Stress and addictive behaviors, Stress and suicide, Stress as a factor in the progression of PD, Social prescribing for stress-related disorder, and more.

1. Stress, the brain, and trauma spectrum disorders

J. Douglas Bremner and Matthew T. Wittbrodt

2. Is there neuroinflammation in depression? Understanding the link between the brain and the peripheral immune system in depression

M.A. Nettis and C.M. Pariante

3. Chronic stress, structural exposures and neurobiological mechanisms: A stimulation, discrepancy and deprivation model of psychosis

Teresa Vargas, Rachel E. Conley and Vijay A. Mittal

4. The influence of stress and early life adversity on addiction: Psychobiological mechanisms of risk and resilience

Mustafa al'Absi

5. Stress, cortisol and suicide risk

Daryl B. O’Connor, Nicola Gartland and Rory C. O’Connor

6. Stress and cortisol in Parkinson's disease

Daniel J. van Wamelen, Yi-Min Wan, K. Ray Chaudhuri and Peter Jenner

7. The effects of stress on cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease: Physical exercise as a counteract measure

Gema Sanchis-Soler, Juan Tortosa-Martínez, Carmen Manchado-Lopez and Juan Manuel Cortell-Tormo

8. The intersections of stress, anxiety and epilepsy

Jay A. Salpekar, Trina Basu, Swami Thangaraj and Jamie Maguire

9. Stress and the vestibular system

Yougan Saman, Qadeer Arshad, Mayank Dutia and Peter Rea

10. Social prescribing for stress related disorders and brain health

• Comprises diverse evidence from world-leading researchers in each area
• Provides a readily accessible introduction to the topics covered, including basic guidance on stress theory and measurement
• Essential reading for those in the fields of neuroscience, psychophysiology, psychoneuroendocrinology, health psychology, developmental psychology, neuro-rehabilitation and clinical research