Research Catalog

Title

Lipids, health, and behavior / edited by Marc Hillbrand and Reuben T. Spitz.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hillbrand, Marc
• Spitz, Reuben T.

Description

xvii, 341 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

• For years, physicians have advised their patients to reduce levels of serum cholesterol in order to decrease the chance of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Population studies, however, suggest that limiting cholesterol intake does not reduce overall mortality rates. Instead, although CVD rates to decrease, the incidence of violent deaths increases.
• These startling, if somewhat tentative, results have augmented research into a significant area: the connection between lipid levels and human behavior. Lipids, Health, and Behavior presents a snapshot of the current state of knowledge in the field, as well as original research. This book explores potentially critical connections between lipids and psychopathology (such as violence and schizophrenia) and the more complex interactions among lipids, behavior, and physical health.
• A unique contribution to this young field of study, Lipids, Health, and Behavior will help shape the direction of continued investigation. Additionally, this multidisciplinary volume addresses concerns pertaining to a number of disciplinesincluding neurology, psychology, and cardiology - as well as implications for public health officials involved in shaping policy for the future.

Subject

• Blood lipids > Psychological aspects
• Stress (Physiology)
• Anxiety > Physiological aspects
• Neurochemistry
• Blood
• Lipids
• Stress, Physiological
• Anxiety

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / David R. Jacobs, Jr. -- Preface / Marc Hillbrand and Reuben T. Spitz -- 1. Introduction / Marc Hillbrand and Reuben T. Spitz -- 2. Neurogenic and Behavioral Influences on Plasma Lipids / Ray H. Rosenman -- 3. Lipids, Personality, and Stress: Mechanisms and Modulators / Catherine M. Stoney and Sheila West -- 4. Anxiety Disorders and Serum Lipids / Chris Hayward -- 5. Lipids and the Coronary-Prone Personality / Lorenz J. P. van Doornen -- 6. Pathophysiologic Relationships and Linkage Among Triglycerides, Hypocholesterolemia, and Depression / Charles J. Glueck, Robert Kunkel and Murray Tieger -- 7. Cholesterol Lowering and Emotional Distress: Current Status and Future Directions / Steven M. Schwartz and Mark W. Ketterer -- 8. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Cholesterol on Neuronal Cell Membrane Function and Drug-Membrane Interactions / R. Preston Mason, Robert T. Rubin and Pamela E. Mason [et al.] --
• 9. The Cholesterol-Serotonin Hypothesis: Interrelationships Among Dietary Lipids, Central Serotonergic Activity, and Social Behavior in Monkeys / Jay R. Kaplan, Stephen B. Manuck and M. Babette [et al.] -- 10. Plasma Lipoproteins and Apolipoproteins in Individuals Convicted of Violent Crimes / Frank M. Corrigan, Ronald F. Gray and E. Roy Skinner [et al.] -- 11. Schizophrenia and Membrane Lipids / David F. Horrobin -- 12. Brain Lipids and Diet / Maria Teresa Tacconi, Federico Calzi and Mario Salmona -- 13. Dietary Fat and Cognitive Functioning / David Benton -- 14. Hypocholesterolemia, Hypolipoproteinemia, and Risk of Death / Roy B. Verdery -- 15. Low Serum Total Cholesterol and Mortality From Accidents and Suicide / Albertine J. Schuit, Jacqueline M. Dekker and Evert G. Schouten -- 16. Cholesterol Lowering, Low Cholesterol, and Noncardiovascular Disease / John C. LaRosa -- 17. Public Health Issues and Directions for Future Research / Reuben T. Spitz and Marc Hillbrand.

ISBN

1557983844 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

96041709

OCLC

• 35521647
• ocm35521647
• SCSB-4782363

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries