Handbook of the Behavior and Psychology of Disease

by Colin R. Martin (Editor), Victor R. Preedy (Editor), Vinood B. Patel (Editor), Rajkumar Rajendram (Editor)

Overview

This comprehensive handbook covers the entire range of physical disorders and their interrelated psychological problems. Behavioral changes, altered psychology, and in some cases, severe psychiatric conditions are frequent manifestations of communicable and non-communicable disease. While diseases have predictable trajectories, their psychological co-morbidities do not. This unpredictability, and sometimes lack of understanding can have profound effects on the professional, the patient, and the larger family unit. Mental health related domains of quality-of-life measure also impact the disease process but are often overlooked. Critical information targeted to experts within specialized areas can fail to reach a wider group of more general practitioners. This is complicated by the fact that psychological conditions may prompt organic disease, or conversely, disease may set off psychological disorders. This reference work creates the linkage between the two areas in a manner that is accessible to both experts and non-experts alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031733628
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	11/04/2025
Edition description:	2026
Pages:	2978
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Colin R. Martin is Visiting Professor of Perinatal Wellbeing at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has published or has in press well over 300 research papers and book chapters. He is a keen book author and editor having written and/or edited more than 30 books. Professor Martin is particularly interested in the psychobiological interface between psychological and physical well-being, neurological status and pathology and nutritional substrates. His broad clinical work within the mental health field has brought him into direct contact with clinical presentations where challenging behaviour is common, including substance abuse and alcohol dependency, schizophrenia, personality disorder and medium and high secure forensic mental health environments.

Victor R. Preedy is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at Kings College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has an Honorary Professorship at the University of Suffolk and was the long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2022 and prior to that elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology, The Royal College of Pathologists, The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, The Royal Society for Public Health and The Royal Society of Chemistry. Prof Preedy is a leading expert on the science of health and wellbeing, and has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books.

Vinood B. Patel is Professor in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Westminster. In 2014 Dr Patel was elected as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher and has edited several biomedical books. He has interests in metabolic pathways particularly related to mihondrial energy regulation. He conducts research into antioxidants, phyhemicals, iron, alcohol and fatty acids in the pathophysiology of liver and neurological conditions. Other areas of interest are identifying new biomarkers that can be used for the diagnosis and prognosis of disease and understanding the biological basis of autism.

Dr Rajkumar Rajendram is a distinguished clinician-scientist who has a focus on acute internal medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care and peri-operative medicine. He is currently a Consultant in Internal Medicine at King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Heath Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is actively involved in the management of a broad range of neurological and endocrine diseases relevant to the biology and pathology of mental disorders. As a clinician scientist Dr Rajendram has also devoted significant time and effort into neuroscientific research and education. He is a joint appointment Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has published over 450 textbook chapters, review articles, peer-reviewed papers and abstracts many of which are related to the pathogenesis, investigation and treatment of diseases which require critical care. He has edited several books that explore the interface between the biology and pathology of mental disorders.

Table of Contents

Setting the Scene.- Cardiovascular System.- Dermatological System.- Gastrointestinal System.- Hematological System.- Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic System.- Metabolic and Endocrine System.- Musculoskeletal System.- Nervous System.- Renal, Genitourinary and Reproductive Systems.- Respiratory System.- Cancers.- Nutritional and Dietary Aspects, and Eating Disorders.- COVID-19.- HIV/AIDS.- Substance Use, Misuse and Addictive Behavior.- Hospitalization and Trauma.- Other Communicable Diseases.- Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Conditions And Events.- Methods, Instruments and Techniques.- International Aspects.- Case studies.- Resources.