Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fibromyalgia / Daniel J. Clauw and David A. Williams -- Low back pain / James P. Robinson and A. Vania Apkarian -- Temporomandibular joint disorders / William Maixner -- Vulvodynia / Caroline F. Pukall and Yitzchak M. Binik -- Irritable bowel syndrome and related functional disorders / Lin Chang and Douglas A. Drossman -- Sensitive heart : a chronic cardiac pain syndrome / Stuart D. Rosen and Paolo G. Camici -- Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis / Lori Birder and Christopher Chapple -- Combat-related psychiatric syndromes / J. Douglas Bremner -- Anxiety in functional pain disorders / Bruce D. Naliboff and Jamie L. Rhudy -- Chronic pain and depression / Alan F. Schatzberg -- Somatization and pain syndromes / Francis Creed -- Chronic fatigue syndrome / Gudrun Lange and Benjamin H. Natelson -- Autonomic nervous system dysfunction / Wilfrid Jannig -- HPA axis and sympathetic influences on pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and overlapping functional pain syndromes / Kathleen C. Light and Charles J. Vierck -- Central neuroglial interactions in the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain / Ji Zhang and Yves De Koninck -- Gut microbiota and abnormal mucosal neuroendocrine immune activation / Robin Spiller and Fergus Shanahan -- Visceral hypersensitivity / Fernando Cervero and G.F. Gebhart -- Brain correlates of psychological amplification of pain / Jargen Lorenz and Irene Tracey -- The genetics of pain / Jeanette Papp and Eric Sobel -- Early life trauma and chronic pain / Elie D. Al-Chaer and Shelley A. Weaver -- Genetically driven interactions in the brain : lessons from depression / Lukas Pezawas and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg -- Pharmacotherapy for functional somatic conditions / R. Bruce Lydiard -- Cognitive-behavioral treatment of functional pain disorders / Jeffrey M. Lackner and Lance M. McCracken -- Complementary medicine and the central mediation of functional pain disorders / Ginger Polich ... [et al.] -- Functional pain disorders : time for a paradigm shift? / Emeran A. Mayer and M. Catherine Bushnell.

"This book reviews the pathophysiology of functional pain disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and interstitial cystitis, and considers the relationship of these disorders with one another and with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome. The authors also describe treatment options, including antidepressants and psychological therapies"--Provided by publisher.