Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease

Dr. Cukor is currently the Director of Behavioral Health at The Rogosin Institute in New York City, one of the premier centers for the study and management of kidney disease in the country. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School (2002) and has post graduate training in cognitive behavioral interventions. The bulk of his research has focused on psychosocial issues in patients with end stage renal disease. He has received grant support for his research from a variety of local and federal funding sources. His current interests are focused on depression, anxiety, sleep difficulty, pain, caregiver burden, and patient activation in patients with chronic kidney disease. Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, George Washington University. Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Cohen’s clinical interests include the treatment of glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hypertension, renal transplantation, and dialysis. His research interests include novel therapeutic options for the treatment of glomerulonephritis, and outcomes research in chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury. Paul L. Kimmel, MD, MACP, FRCP, FASN, was educated at Yale College and the New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and Nephrology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and the George Washington University, where he attained the rank of professor. From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Kimmel served as Director of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at George Washington University. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Director of Education of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Kimmel currently is Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, DC. His interests include psychosocial adaptation to chronic renal disease, sleep disorders in patients with kidney disease, zinc metabolism in renal diseases, HIV associated kidney diseases, the clinical genetics of common kidney disease, and the interrelationships between acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

• Section I: Introduction1. IntroductionNorman B. Levy2. Coping With Chronic Illness: The Challenge of Patients with Renal DiseaseDaniel Cukor, Scott D. Cohen and Paul L. Kimmel3. The Landscape of Psychiatric Illness in CKD and ESRDAlice Won and Paul L. Kimmel4. Social Determinants of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in CKD and ESRDJenna M. NortonSection II: Chronic Renal Disease5. Psychological Challenges and Psychiatric Illness in Earlier Stages of CKDL. Parker Gregg and S. Susan Hedayati6. Physical Activity for Patients with CKDCapri G. FoySection III: Patients with ESRD Treated with Dialysis7. Depression in Patients with CKD and ESRDDavid K. Quinn and Daniel Cukor8. Anxiety in Patients with CKD and ESRDPaul L. Kimmel, Scott D. Cohen and Daniel Cukor9. Sleep Disorders in Patients with CKD and ESRDMaria-Eleni Roumelioti, Christos P. Argyropoulos and Mark L. Unruh10. Pain and Symptom Burden in Patients with CKD and ESRDManisha Jhamb and Jennifer Steel11. Cognitive Functioning in Patients with CKD and ESRDKonstadina Griva and Stanton P. Newman12. Sexual Function in Patients with CKD and ESRDConnie J. Wang, James B. Wetmore and Kirsten L. Johansen13. Social Support in Patients with CKD and ESRDSaad Alshihiri and Scott D. Cohen14. Adherence and Illness Perceptions in Patients with CKD and ESRDJoseph Chilcot, John Weinman and Ken Farrington15. Psychiatric Challenges in Patients Treated with Peritoneal DialysisSusie Q. Lew and Patricia Centron16. Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Patients with ESRDNathaniel Berman and Elly VarmaSection IV: Renal Transplantation17. Psychosocial Evaluation in Kidney TransplantationKristy L. Engel and Kristin K. Kuntz18. Psychiatric Challenges and Management in Kidney TransplantationMatthew Christian Cornelius19. Adherence Management in TransplantationSabina M. DeGeest, Janette Ribaut, Kris Denhaerynck and Fabienne DobbelsSection V: Special Considerations20. Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with CKD and ESRDKaushalendra Amatya, Marva M. Moxey-Mims and Stephen R. Hooper21. Caregivers of People with Kidney Disease MelissaS. Nataatmadja and Nicholas A. Gray22. Measuring and Improving Quality of LifeC. Graham Ford, Mark L. Unruh and Larissa Myaskovsky23. Challenges in Psychosocial Research in Renal PopulationsRajnish Mehrotra and Daniel Cukor24. Future Directions for Psychiatric Intervention: Novel Models of Service DeliveryDaniel Cukor and Scott D. Cohen

"…This book edited by Cukor, Cohen and Kimmel provides a wealth of information to health care providers who are trying to develop a patient centered approach to caring for individuals with kidney disease--understanding and addressing symptom management, quality of life issues, and research approaches." --Fredric O. Finkelstein MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT"No other book has covered the multi-layered topics of psycho-nephrology so extensively as this ground breaking textbook...This book should be on the bookshelves of every facility around the world dedicated to CKD patients and their families." --Satoshi Funakoshi, MD, PhD, President, Nagasaki Kidney Center, Nagasaki, Japan