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This volume explains the physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying co-morbid physical and psychological disorders. It addresses treatment approaches and challenges with this population as well as synthesizes findings across the disciplines.

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Obesity.- Diabetes.- HIV Infection.- Smoking.- Addictive Disorders.- Cardiovascular Disease.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Cancer.- Asthma.- Autoimmune Disorders.- Developmental Disabilities.- Neurological Disorders.- Kidney Disease.- Pain (Headache, Rheumatologic, and Orthopedic Disorders).- Obstetrical and Gynecological Disorders.

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Dr. Sherry Pagoto is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine in the University of Massachusetts Department of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a staff psychologist in the UMass Weight Center. Her clinical work in the Weight Center informs her program of research, which focuses on understanding and treating obesity in the presence of comorbid psychological disorders. She also is completing an NHLBI career development award on emotional eating, and has recently received three private foundation grants (Boston Obesity and Nutrition Research Center, Worcester Foundation of Biomedical Research, University of Massachusetts Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Project Program) to study behavioral and biological mechanisms of stress and depression on obesity and insulin resistance. She is also actively involved is skin cancer prevention research and is principal investigator of the Sunless Study, a randomized clinical trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. She was also the recipient of the Society of Behavioral Medicine´s Early Career/Young Investigator Award in 2006.

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