Depression and Physical Illness »

Andrew Steptoe has published more than 350 journal articles and chapters, and is author or editor of 14 books. His main research interests are in psychosocial aspects of physical illness, health behaviour and psychophysiology.

This book details the evidence linking depression with major health conditions, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

List of contributors     vii
Preface     xi
Introduction to depression and its determinants
Depression in the medically ill   Francis Creed   Chris Dickens     3
Psychosocial factors, depression and illness   Stephen Stansfeld   Farhat Rasul     19
Depression and specific health problems
Depression and the development of coronary heart disease   Andrew Steptoe     53
Depression and prognosis in cardiac patients   Heather S. Lett   Andrew Sherwood   Lana Watkins   James A. Blumenthal     87
The management of depression in patients with coronary heart disease   Robert M. Carney   Kenneth E. Freedland     109
Depression and physical disability   Brenda W. J. H. Penninx     125
Chronk pain and depression: twin burdens of adaptation   Christina M. Van Puymbroeck   Alex J. Zautra   Peter-Panagioti Harakas     145
The interrelationship of depression and diabetes   Dominique L. Musselman   Angela Bowling   Natalie Gilles   Hannah Larsen   Ephi Betan   Lawrence S. Phillips     165
Depression and chronic fatigue   Peter D. White     195
Cancer and depression   Alice E. Simon   Steven C. Palmer   James C. Coyne     211
Depression and obesity   Lucy Cooke   Jane Wardle     238
Biological and behavioural processes
Inflammation, sickness behaviour and depression   Robert Dantzer   Nathalie Castanon   Jacques Lestage   Maite Moreau   Lucile Capuron     265
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: cortisol, DHEA and mental and behavioural function   Ian M. Goodyer     280
Depression and immunity: biological and behavioural mechanisms   Michael Irwin     299
Smoking and depression   Jon D. Kassel   Benjamin L Hankin     321
Depression and physical activity   Andrew Steptoe     348
Depression and adherence to medical advice   Douglas A. Raynor   Rena R. Wing   Suzanne Phelan     369
Conclusions
Integrating clinical with biobehavioural studies of depression and physical illness   Andrew Steptoe     397
Index     409