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Behavioral medicine has blossomed as an area of systematic investiga tion during the past 10-20 years. Throughout its steady growth, there have been increasing interest and specialization in the study of neuro psychological and behavioral aspects of diabetes. This book attempts to capture and report exciting new developments in the study of both insulin-dependent (Type I) and non-insulin-dependent (Type II) dia betes mellitus. Accordingly, it is divided into two major sections. Physiological aspects of each disease, which differ significantly in pathophysiology and course, are discussed in separate medical over views that introduce each major section. These overviews are written by Drs. Tsalikian and Zimmerman, leading medical researchers in insulin and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, respectively. Each section also contains chapters describing neuropsychological and cognitive disease correlates, psychosocial patterns of adjustment, and treatment adher ence issues. Psychological aspects of insulin-dependent diabetes have been studied more extensively than non-insulin-dependent diabetes, perhaps because it is more often associated with graver medical compli cations. Therefore, there is a larger body of research to review and the first section has been divided into chapters on cognitive disease se quelae in populations of children and adults, separately. In his chapter, Dr. Ryan discusses developmental factors related to the unique sensi tivity of the brain to metabolic derangement. Dr. Holmes reviews studies of adults with diabetes and the cognitive correlates of both acute and chronic blood glucose disruption. Developmental disease is sues are further covered in Dr.
List of contents
Section I Insulin-Dependent Diabetes.- 1 Insulin-Dependent (Type I) Diabetes Mellitus: Medical Overview.- 2 Adaptation of Children to Newly Diagnosed Diabetes.- 3 Adherence Behaviors and Health Status in Childhood Diabetes.- 4 Neuropsychological Consequences and Correlates of Diabetes in Childhood.- 5 Diabetes and Adaptations in Family Systems.- 6 Eating Disorders and Diabetes.- 7 Neuropsychological Sequelae of Acute and Chronic Blood Glucose Disruption in Adults with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes.- 8 Symptom Perception and Blood Glucose Feedback in the Self-Treatment of IDDM.- Section II Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes.- 9 Non-Insulin-Dependent (Type II) Diabetes: Medical Overview.- 10 Stress, Behavior, and the Autonomic Nervous System in Type II Diabetes Mellitus.- 11 Behavior Strategies for Improving Weight Loss in Obese Type II Diabetic Patients.- 12 Cognitive Function in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes.- 13 Affective Disorders and Diabetes Mellitus.
