Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Integrative Approach to Evaluation and Treatment

Chronic fatigue syndrome--a debilitating disorder associated with fatigue and a range of other constitutional complaints--has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. Originally conceptualized as a persistent viral infection, the disorder is now understood to be a much more complex phenomenon. This acclaimed volume assembles leading experts on CFS from the fields of psychiatry, infectious diseases, general internal medicine, and neuropsychology. Chapters explore the factors that more >>

Chronic fatigue syndrome--a debilitating disorder associated with fatigue and a range of other constitutional complaints--has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. Originally conceptualized as a persistent viral infection, the disorder is now understood to be a much more complex phenomenon. This acclaimed volume assembles leading experts on CFS from the fields of psychiatry, infectious diseases, general internal medicine, and neuropsychology. Chapters explore the factors that contribute to the development of the disorder and present a multidisciplinary approach to evaluation and clinical management.
Foreword, Straus
I. Background
1. Historical Overview and Evolution of Contemporary Definitions of Chronic Fatigue States, Demitrack and Abbey
2. Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue: Depressive Symptoms and Functional Somatic Complaints, Manu, Lane, and Matthews
3. Psychiatric Diagnostic Overlap in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Abbey
4. The Psychobiology of Chronic Fatigue: The Central Nervous System as a Final Common Pathway, Demitrack
II. Assessment
5. Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Grafman
6. Psychiatric Assessment of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Abbey and Demitrack
7. Medical Assessment of Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Komaroff and Fagioli
III. Treatment
8. Psychotherapeutic Perspectives on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Abbey
9. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Why?, Wessely
10. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: How?, Sharpe
11. Psychopharmacological Principles in the Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Demitrack
12. Medically Oriented Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Related Conditions, Engleberg

Mark A. Demitrack, M.D., has been involved in the research and clinical care of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome for over a decade. A recognized authority on the topic, he has lectured widely at national and international conferences, and has published extensively in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. His work on the neuroendocrine correlates of the disorder was one of the pioneering efforts to suggest a role for central nervous system dysfunction in the pathophysiology of this disorder. He is currently working as a Research Physician at Lilly Research Laboratories, and is an Adjunct Associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
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