Chronic fatigue and its syndromes / Simon Wessely, Matthew Hotopf, Michael Sharpe.

Author/creator Wessely, Simon
Other author Sharpe, Michael.
Other author Hotopf, Matthew.
Format Book
EditionReprint, with corrections.
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Descriptionxviii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Sect. 1. The nature and extent of fatigue. 1. What is fatigue? 2. The epidemiology of fatigue. 3. Physical mechanisms of fatigue. 4. Fatigue and emotional disorders -- Sect. 2. The history of chronic fatigue. 5. Neurasthenia. 6. From neurasthenia to CFS -- Sect. 3. Chronic fatigue syndrome. 7. Chronic fatigue syndrome: definition, epidemiology, presentation, prognosis. 8. CFS: Muscles and nerves. 9. CFS: viruses and immunity. 10. CFS and psychiatric disorder. 11. The neurobiology of CFS. 12. The role of psychological factors in CFS. 13. CFS in children. 14. Other chronic fatigue syndromes. 15. CFS: a social history of twentieth-century illness -- Sect. 4. The assessment and management of chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. 16. The assessment of the chronically fatigued patient. 17. Treatment of CFS: the evidence. 18. Treatment of the patient with CFS -- Sect. 5. Conclusion. 19. Conclusions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 97042607
ISBN0192630466
ISBN9780192630469
ISBN0192621815
ISBN9780192621818

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Laupus Books - Stacks WB 146 W515C 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold