Physiology, emotion, & psychosomatic illness.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Physiology, Emotion, and Psychosomatic Illness (1972 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 8.

Ciba foundation symposium ; 8 (new ser.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Psychosomatic--Congresses.

Medicine, Psychosomatic.

Emotions--Congresses.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Associated Scientific Publishers, 1972.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Contents:

Physiology, Emotion & Psychosomatic Illness; Contents; Introduction; Concepts of emotion; Emotions and physiology: an introduction; Discussion; The role of affects in psychoanalytic theory; Discussion; Conservation-withdrawal: a primary regulatory process for organismic homeostasis; Discussion; The structure of the emotions and the limbic system; Discussion; Control of emotional behaviour through the hypothalamus and amygdaloid complex; Discussion; Anxiety: a behavioural legacy; Discussion; Physiological and behavioural processes in early maternal deprivation; Discussion

Emotion and the cardiovascular system in the cat Discussion; Changes in catecholamine-controlling enzymes in response to psychosocial activation of the defence and alarm reactions; Discussion; Influence of psychological variables on stress-induced pathology; Discussion; Expectancy and the pituitary-adrenal system; Discussion; Psychophysiological research and psychosomatic medicine; Discussion; Emotions and heart diseases; Discussion; Emotional disturbances before and after subarachnoid haemorrhage; Discussion; Metabolic and behavioural correlates of obesity; Discussion

The treatment of psychopathology in bronchial asthmatics Discussion; General Discussion; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index

Notes:

"Held at the Ciba Foundation, 18th-20th April 1972."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613693600

9781280783210

1280783214

9780470719916

0470719915

9780470717585

0470717580

OCLC:

797918257