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This volume is a first of its kind, addressed principally to the
professional reader. While it is not intended to be exhaustive, its
aim is to sketch a broad picture of some of the nondrug and
nonsurgical treatment strategies with a demonstrated basis in
conventional scientific method. Likewise, though it does not
include all those who have contributed to the emergence of this
exciting new field, it assembles those authors whose seminal work
has earned them international reputations. This volume's declared
purpose is to provide a state-of-the-art guide to methods and
techniques in the behavioral treatment of epilepsy and to their
basis in theory. The editors hope that it will catalyze the
evolution of their acceptance as standard elements, where
appropriate, in the clinical activities of independent
practitioners, clinics, and agencies that service those with
convulsive disorders.
This volume is a first of its kind, addressed principally to the
professional reader. While it is not intended to be exhaustive, its
aim is to sketch a broad picture of some of the nondrug and
nonsurgical treatment strategies with a demonstrated basis in
conventional scientific method. Likewise, though it does not
include all those who have contributed to the emergence of this
exciting new field, it assembles those authors whose seminal work
has earned them international reputations.
This volume's declared purpose is to provide a state-of-the-art
guide to methods and techniques in the behavioral treatment of
epilepsy and to their basis in theory. The editors hope that it
will catalyze the evolution of their acceptance as standard
elements, where appropriate, in the clinical activities of
independent practitioners, clinics, and agencies that service those
with convulsive disorders.
Shlomo Yehuda and David I. Mostofsky The Second Farber Center
International Conference was held on December 19th, 1995 at Bar Han
University. Israel. The topic of the conference was: "Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. " The members of the Scientific Committee were:
Prof. Yehuda. Prof. Mostofsky, Mr. Riesenberg, and Prof. Sredni.
This conference was supported by the Farber Center for Alzheimer
Research. the Ginsburg Chair for Re- search into Alzheimer Disease,
and by the Gold Founda- tion. The present volume summarizes the
controversial and interesting issues as well as the experimental
and re- search results as discussed by the distingUished invited
speakers. The term "chronic fatigue syndrome" was created to
describe a group of symptoms that has often been popu- larly
referred to as the "yuppie flu. " The unusual and puz- zling
symptoms of CFS include severe fatigue, weakness, fever,
depression. and sore throat and lymph nodes. Sev- eral other
disorders seem to share many of the CFS's symptoms to various
degrees and since no undisputed bio- logical etiology has been
identified, it has often been re- garded with great suspicion as a
legitimate and organic disorder. Only in cases of infectious
mononucleosis ("kiss- ing disease") was the Epstein-Barr herpes
virus found. The controversy among physicians and other health care
pro- fessionals concerns the very existence of CFS as a unique 5 6
Preface entity well differentiated from other terms such as
fibromy- algia. neurasthenia. or special kinds of depression. (For
examples. see: Goldenberg, 1990; Millenson.
A benchmark survey of current clinical findings on the complex
interactions between diet, stress, and mental health, and their
impact on disease states. The authors give special attention to the
influence of stress on physical health, mental health, and
cognitive function, including the critical effects of maternal
nutritional status and stress levels on fetal physical and mental
development, the role of lipids in the development and treatment of
depression, the role of fish oil in the development of aggressive
behaviors, and the consequences of obesity on stress and the
development of eating disorders. Additional chapters examine the
effects of stress on chronic disorders, women, and cardiac
function, and the influence of inflammation on diet, neurological
functions, disease incidence, and cognitive functions.
Internationally eminent scientists illuminate the most important
scientific aspects of essential fatty acids (EFAs)-from their
biochemistry to their physiological consequences in both health and
illness. The distinguished contributors integrate a wide range of
topics, including the basic biochemistry of EFAs and lipid
metabolism, the role of EFAs in the neuronal membrane, the effects
of EFAs and lipids in various diseases, and the effects of normal
levels and EFA deficiencies on cognition and behavior. The book's
consolidation of our knowledge of the biology and metabolism of the
EFAs lays the groundwork for dramatic advances in our understanding
of these ubiquitous biochemicals and their role in health and
illness.
Leading academic and biomedical researchers comprehensively review
the status of essential fatty acids (EFA) in nutrition, medicine,
psychology, and pharmacology. Topics range from a discussion of EFA
basic mechanisms to their effects on individual psychiatry and
behavior, and include extensive coverage of pathology, DHA in CNS
development, and phospholipid and fatty acid composition and
metabolism. Comprehensive and forward-looking, Fatty Acids:
Physiological and Behavioral Functions reviews and critically
evaluates our current knowledge of EFA, setting the stage for
oncoming wave of discovery about the biochemical and molecular
functions of essential fatty acids, as well as their critical role
in human physiology, immunology, and behavior.
Internationally eminent scientists illuminate the most important
scientific aspects of essential fatty acids (EFAs)-from their
biochemistry to their physiological consequences in both health and
illness. The distinguished contributors integrate a wide range of
topics, including the basic biochemistry of EFAs and lipid
metabolism, the role of EFAs in the neuronal membrane, the effects
of EFAs and lipids in various diseases, and the effects of normal
levels and EFA deficiencies on cognition and behavior. The book's
consolidation of our knowledge of the biology and metabolism of the
EFAs lays the groundwork for dramatic advances in our understanding
of these ubiquitous biochemicals and their role in health and
illness.
From time to time, professional journals and edited volumes devote
some of their pages to considerations of pain and aging as they
occur among the aged in different cultures and populations. One
starts from several reasonable assumptions, among them that aging
per se is not a disease process, yet the risk and frequency of
disease processes increase with ongoing years. The physical body's
functioning and ability to restore all forms of damage and insult
slow down, the immune system becomes compromised, and the
slow-growing pathologies reach their critical mass in the later
years. The psychological body also becomes weaker, with unfulfilled
promises and expectations, and with tragedies that visit
individuals and families, and the prospect that whatever worlds
remain to be conquered will most certainly not be met with success
in the rapidly passing days and years that can only culminate in
death. Despair and depression coupled with infirmity and sensory
and or motor inefficiency aggravate both the threshold and the
tolerance for discomfort and synergistically collaborate to
perpetuate a vicious cycle in which the one may mask the other.
Although the clinician is armed with the latest advances in
medicine and phar macology, significant improvement continues to
elude her or him. The geriatric specialist, all too familiar with
such realities, usually can offer little else than a hortative to
"learn to live with it," but the powers and effectiveness of
learning itself have declined."
Leading academic and biomedical researchers comprehensively review
the status of essential fatty acids (EFA) in nutrition, medicine,
psychology, and pharmacology. Topics range from a discussion of EFA
basic mechanisms to their effects on individual psychiatry and
behavior, and include extensive coverage of pathology, DHA in CNS
development, and phospholipid and fatty acid composition and
metabolism. Comprehensive and forward-looking, Fatty Acids:
Physiological and Behavioral Functions reviews and critically
evaluates our current knowledge of EFA, setting the stage for
oncoming wave of discovery about the biochemical and molecular
functions of essential fatty acids, as well as their critical role
in human physiology, immunology, and behavior.
A benchmark survey of current clinical findings on the complex
interactions between diet, stress, and mental health, and their
impact on disease states. The authors give special attention to the
influence of stress on physical health, mental health, and
cognitive function, including the critical effects of maternal
nutritional status and stress levels on fetal physical and mental
development, the role of lipids in the development and treatment of
depression, the role of fish oil in the development of aggressive
behaviors, and the consequences of obesity on stress and the
development of eating disorders. Additional chapters examine the
effects of stress on chronic disorders, women, and cardiac
function, and the influence of inflammation on diet, neurological
functions, disease incidence, and cognitive functions.
From time to time, professional journals and edited volumes devote
some of their pages to considerations of pain and aging as they
occur among the aged in different cultures and populations. One
starts from several reasonable assumptions, among them that aging
per se is not a disease process, yet the risk and frequency of
disease processes increase with ongoing years. The physical body's
functioning and ability to restore all forms of damage and insult
slow down, the immune system becomes compromised, and the
slow-growing pathologies reach their critical mass in the later
years. The psychological body also becomes weaker, with unfulfilled
promises and expectations, and with tragedies that visit
individuals and families, and the prospect that whatever worlds
remain to be conquered will most certainly not be met with success
in the rapidly passing days and years that can only culminate in
death. Despair and depression coupled with infirmity and sensory
and or motor inefficiency aggravate both the threshold and the
tolerance for discomfort and synergistically collaborate to
perpetuate a vicious cycle in which the one may mask the other.
Although the clinician is armed with the latest advances in
medicine and phar macology, significant improvement continues to
elude her or him. The geriatric specialist, all too familiar with
such realities, usually can offer little else than a hortative to
"learn to live with it," but the powers and effectiveness of
learning itself have declined."
1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Elderly: Another Geriatric
Syndrome.- 2. Development of the 1994 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case
Definition and Clinical Evaluation Guidelines.- 3. The Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome: An Update on Important Issues.- 4. Efforts to
Reduce Heterogeneity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research.- 5.
Nonrestorative Sleep, Musculoskeletal Pain, Fatigue, and
Psychological Distress in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Temporal Mandibular Joint Dysfunction
Disorders (CFIT).- 6. Arguments for a Role of Abnormal Ionophore
Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.- 7. Cytokine Patterns
Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.- 8. Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome: Possible Integration of Hormonal and Immunological
Observations.
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