Physiology, Emotion and Psychosomatic Illness (eBook)

Ruth Porter is the editor of Physiology, Emotion and Psychosomatic Illness, published by Wiley. Julie Knight is the editor of Physiology, Emotion and Psychosomatic Illness, published by Wiley.

Physiology, Emotion & Psychosomatic Illness
Contents 7
Introduction 11
Concepts of emotion 13
Emotions and physiology: an introduction 25
Discussion 33
The role of affects in psychoanalytic theory 41
Discussion 56
Conservation-withdrawal: a primary regulatory process for organismic homeostasis 67
Discussion 86
The structure of the emotions and the limbic system 97
Discussion 130
Control of emotional behaviour through the hypothalamus and amygdaloid complex 141
Discussion 160
Anxiety: a behavioural legacy 173
Discussion 182
Physiological and behavioural processes in early maternal deprivation 185
Discussion 196
Emotion and the cardiovascular system in the cat 211
Discussion 229
Changes in catecholamine-controlling enzymes in response to psychosocial activation of the defence and alarm reactions 235
Discussion 257
Influence of psychological variables on stress-induced pathology 263
Discussion 275
Expectancy and the pituitary-adrenal system 291
Discussion 302
Psychophysiological research and psychosomatic medicine 307
Discussion 321
Emotions and heart diseases 331
Discussion 341
Emotional disturbances before and after subarachnoid haemorrhage 347
Discussion 353
Metabolic and behavioural correlates of obesity 359
Discussion 379
The treatment of psychopathology in bronchial asthmatics 385
Discussion 390
General Discussion 393
Summing-up 411
Index of contributors 419
Subject index 421