This book explores the connection of functional pain syndromes (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia) with anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The authors address possible common pathophysiologies and review a range of treatment options, from antidepressants to cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Who should buy this book?
Whether you are a general practitioner, specialist, or scientist, this book is essential reading. It sheds new light on the complex links between various painful syndromes and disorders.
Emeran A. Mayer, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. He also serves as Co-Director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center and is Executive Director of the Center for Neurobiology of Stress. He is Associate Editor of astroenterology and has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Clinical astroenterology and Hepatology and the American Journal of Physiology. He is President of the Functional Brain Gut Research Group, and serves as section head for eurogastroenterology on the Council of the American Gastroenterological Association. He has published many search papers and reviews, focusing particularly on basic and clinical aspects of visceral pain and on the interactions between the digestive system and the nervous system. He received his medical training at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD, received her training in experimental psychology at the American University, Washington, DC, USA. She is Director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she also serves as Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry and as Harold Griffith Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. She also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Montreal Neurological Institute. She is Editor-in-Chief of IASP Press and also serves on the editorial boards of Pain Medicine, Clinical Journal of Pain, Journal of Neurophysiology, and European Journal of Pain. She is a member of the Neuroscience Canada Science Advisory Council. In 2002, Dr. Bushnell received the Distinguished Career Award of the Canadian Pain Society, and in 2003 she received the Frederick Kerr Award for Basic Research in Pain from the American Pain Society. She has published many research papers, including studies of non-invasive imaging of pain and the neural correlates of psychological influences on pain.
