Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Epidemiology

Mika Kivimaki is Professor and Chair of Social Epidemiology at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, UK, Director of the UK Whitehall II cohort study, Research Professor in Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Principal Investigator of the IPD-Work Cohort Consortium.G David Batty is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at University College London, UK, an Honorary Professor of Epidemiology in the MRC Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow.Andrew Steptoe is Head of the Department of Behavioural Science and Health in the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care in the Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, UK, and Principal Investigator of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).Ichiro Kawachi is John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology, and Chair of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA.

• ForewordProfessor Lisa Bergman Part I: Concepts and Methods in the Study of Psychosocial Factors and HealthChapter 1 Psychosocial Epidemiology: Concepts and MethodsMika Kivimäki, G. David Batty, Andrew Steptoe, Ichiro KawachiChapter 2 Causal Inference in Psychosocial EpidemiologyM. Maria Glymour, Laura D. KubzanskyPart II: Psychosocial Factors Linked to HealthChapter 3 Social Networks Yongjoo Kim, Ichiro KawachiChapter 4 Workplace Stressors Mika Kivimäki, Jane E. Ferrie, Ichiro KawachiChapter 5 Religious CommunitiesTyler J. VanderWeeleChapter 6 Depression and Negative EmotionsAndrew SteptoeChapter 7 Positive Psychological WellbeingJulie K. Boehm, Eric S. Kim, Laura D. KubzanskyChapter 8 Personality, Intelligence and GenesMichelle Luciano, Alexander Weiss, Catharine Gale, Ian J. Deary Chapter 9 Gender Differences in the Health Effects of Psychosocial FactorsAnne McMunn et alPart III: Psychosocial Factors in the Etiology and Prognosis of Specific Diseases and DisordersChapter 10 Type 2 Diabetes Frans Pouwer, Briana Mezuk, Adam TabakChapter 11 Cardiovascular DiseasesMika KivimäkiChapter 12 CancerKatriina Heikkilä, Markus JokelaChapter 13 Infectious DiseaseAllison E. Aiello, Amanda M. Simanek, Rebecca C. Stebbins, Jennifer B. DowdChapter 14 SuicideG. David Batty, Mika Kivimäki, Steven Bell, Catherine Gale, Martin J. Shipley, Elise Whitley, David Gunnell Chapter 15 Mood Disorders and Cognitive ImpairmentKlaus P. Ebmeier, Charlotte Allen, Anya Topiwala, Eniko ZoldosChapter 16 Sleep DisordersTorbjörn ÅkerstedtPart IV: Interventions and Policy ImplicationsChapter 17 Behavioral and Psychological Interventions for the Management of Cardiac PatientsAlan RozanskiChapter 18 Targeting Psychosocial Factors to Reduce Health InequalitiesAngela Donkin, Michael G. MarmotPart V: Future Research DirectionsChapter 19 Current State of Psychosocial Epidemiology: Where Are We? What Are the Next Steps? Mika Kivimäki, Andrew Steptoe, G. David Batty, Ichiro Kawachi

‘This Handbook is an outstanding work of scholarship. Written by leading international experts it provides a timely, comprehensive illustration of the most substantial achievements in this new scientific discipline. The nineteen chapters address major social and psychological determinants of health and related disorders, discuss interventions and policy implications of current knowledge, and offer useful recommendations for students and researchers. Given its excellence, the book will be an authoritative resource for anyone interested in this important field of scientific inquiry.’ - Johannes Siegrist, Senior Professor of Work Stress Research, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.