Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicines, Amarillo, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association amp reg in Divisions 38 (Health Psychology) and 5 (Trauma Psychology). She is editor of Family amp amp Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly and associate editor of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and she serves on the editorial boards of four other journals in family violence and perinatal health. In addition to serving as acquisitions editor for Hale Publishing, Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 2 journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and has authored or edited 7 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding. A founding member of APA's Division 5 , she currently serves as division secretary.

• ContributorsForeword Janice Kiecolt-GlaserIntroduction Kathleen Kendall-TackettPart I: The Role of Inflammation in Disease ProcessChapter : An Overview of Stress and Immunity Maureen Gro amp euml r, Mary W. Meagher, and Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter 2: Inflammation, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Neurodegenerative Disease Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. MontineChapter 3: Sleep and Inflammation: A Potential Link to Chronic Diseases Edward C. Suarez and Harold GoforthChapter 4: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammation, and Inflammatory Diseases Philip C. CalderPart II:  The Link Between Stress, Inflammation, and DiseaseChapter 5: Depression, Hostility, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Inflammation: The Corrosive Health Effects of Negative Mental States Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter : Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to Stress Among Adults With PTSD: Implications for Immunity and Health Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. HughesChapter 7: Social Stress and Inflammation in the Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis: An Animal Model With Implications for Humans Mary W. Meagher and C. Jane R. WelshChapter 8: Allostasis: A Model for Women's Health Maureen Gro amp euml r and the Women's Health Research Group at the University of South Florida College of NursingChapter 9: Treatments for Depression That Lower Inflammation: Additional Support for an Inflammatory Etiology of Depression Kathleen Kendall-TackettEpilogue: Inflammation and Chronic Disease: Clinical Implications and Future Directions Kathleen Kendall-TackettIndexAbout the Editor

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicines, Amarillo, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association amp reg in Divisions 38 (Health Psychology) and 5 (Trauma Psychology). She is editor of Family amp amp Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly and associate editor of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and she serves on the editorial boards of four other journals in family violence and perinatal health. In addition to serving as acquisitions editor for Hale Publishing, Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 2 journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and has authored or edited 7 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding. A founding member of APA's Division 5 , she currently serves as division secretary.

• ContributorsForeword Janice Kiecolt-GlaserIntroduction Kathleen Kendall-TackettPart I: The Role of Inflammation in Disease ProcessChapter : An Overview of Stress and Immunity Maureen Gro amp euml r, Mary W. Meagher, and Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter 2: Inflammation, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Neurodegenerative Disease Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. MontineChapter 3: Sleep and Inflammation: A Potential Link to Chronic Diseases Edward C. Suarez and Harold GoforthChapter 4: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammation, and Inflammatory Diseases Philip C. CalderPart II:  The Link Between Stress, Inflammation, and DiseaseChapter 5: Depression, Hostility, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Inflammation: The Corrosive Health Effects of Negative Mental States Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter : Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to Stress Among Adults With PTSD: Implications for Immunity and Health Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. HughesChapter 7: Social Stress and Inflammation in the Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis: An Animal Model With Implications for Humans Mary W. Meagher and C. Jane R. WelshChapter 8: Allostasis: A Model for Women's Health Maureen Gro amp euml r and the Women's Health Research Group at the University of South Florida College of NursingChapter 9: Treatments for Depression That Lower Inflammation: Additional Support for an Inflammatory Etiology of Depression Kathleen Kendall-TackettEpilogue: Inflammation and Chronic Disease: Clinical Implications and Future Directions Kathleen Kendall-TackettIndexAbout the Editor

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, is a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicines, Amarillo, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association amp reg in Divisions 38 (Health Psychology) and 5 (Trauma Psychology). She is editor of Family amp amp Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly and associate editor of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and she serves on the editorial boards of four other journals in family violence and perinatal health. In addition to serving as acquisitions editor for Hale Publishing, Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 2 journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and has authored or edited 7 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding. A founding member of APA's Division 5 , she currently serves as division secretary.

• ContributorsForeword Janice Kiecolt-GlaserIntroduction Kathleen Kendall-TackettPart I: The Role of Inflammation in Disease ProcessChapter : An Overview of Stress and Immunity Maureen Gro amp euml r, Mary W. Meagher, and Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter 2: Inflammation, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Neurodegenerative Disease Mary Nivison, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, and Thomas J. MontineChapter 3: Sleep and Inflammation: A Potential Link to Chronic Diseases Edward C. Suarez and Harold GoforthChapter 4: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammation, and Inflammatory Diseases Philip C. CalderPart II:  The Link Between Stress, Inflammation, and DiseaseChapter 5: Depression, Hostility, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Inflammation: The Corrosive Health Effects of Negative Mental States Kathleen Kendall-TackettChapter : Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to Stress Among Adults With PTSD: Implications for Immunity and Health Jeffrey L. Kibler, Kavita Joshi, and Erin E. HughesChapter 7: Social Stress and Inflammation in the Exacerbation of Multiple Sclerosis: An Animal Model With Implications for Humans Mary W. Meagher and C. Jane R. WelshChapter 8: Allostasis: A Model for Women's Health Maureen Gro amp euml r and the Women's Health Research Group at the University of South Florida College of NursingChapter 9: Treatments for Depression That Lower Inflammation: Additional Support for an Inflammatory Etiology of Depression Kathleen Kendall-TackettEpilogue: Inflammation and Chronic Disease: Clinical Implications and Future Directions Kathleen Kendall-TackettIndexAbout the Editor