Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention

Download or read book Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention written by Peter A. Hall and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention, Volume 21 presents what we know about the brain and how it can intersect with what we know about the environment and population level dynamics. This information can not only inform our understanding of disease risk, but also how we go about preventing chronic diseases that form the primary limiting factors for the human lifespan throughout much of the world today. Disease prevention is often approached from the perspective of the social sciences and epidemiology without explicit consideration of the brain as a biological entity, hence this resource fully covers this evolving approach to disease prevention. Yet the brain can be an outcome of interest in disease prevention, a predictor of disease prevention outcomes, and a mediator/moderator of the link between traditional risk factors and a disease outcome of interest. For these reasons, the science of the brain and its normative function is highly relevant to the objective of disease prevention. Identifies how the brain mediates disease prevention Links neurobiology to population level dynamics Reviews the health impacts of adversity, exercise, stress, nutrition, and more Discusses communication and preventive medicine for health behavior change