Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Integrative Approach to Evaluation and Treatment

An invaluable resource for clinicians and researchers, this readable text covers the full complexity of physical and emotional symptoms that accompany chronic fatigue syndrome. Focusing on the most up-to-date research, the book includes an overview of the biological underpinnings of this condition, highlighting advances in current neurobiological theories; a practical guide to clinical evaluation; and a comprehensive review of both the psychological and biomedical research in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.

Mark A. Demitrack, M.D., has been involved in the research and clinical care of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome for over a decade. A recognized authority on the topic, he has lectured widely at national and international conferences, and has published extensively in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. His work on the neuroendocrine correlates of the disorder was one of the pioneering efforts to suggest a role for central nervous system dysfunction in the pathophysiology of this disorder. He is currently working as a Research Physician at Lilly Research Laboratories, and is an Adjunct Associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical Center.

Susan Abbey, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), is the Director of the Program in Medical Psychiatry at the Toronto Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She completed psychiatric residency training at the University of Toronto, a clinical fellowship in medical psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, and a doctoral research fellowship related to the psychiatric aspects of chronic fatigue syndrome at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.