Psychological Consequences of Chronic Physical Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 15
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Dear Colleagues,
Traditionally, chronic physical and mental diseases have been viewed as separate domains of treatment and research. However, with advances in medicine, physiology, neuroscience, and psychology, the separation between the physical and mental realms is giving way to a new understanding that these two realms influence each other. For example, there is substantial evidence from disaster research that chronic mental health diseases such as PTSD can increase the likelihood of cardiovascular disease. This mutual influence is likely to proceed in the other direction, with chronic physical conditions increasing the chances of developing chronic mental health diseases. This Special Issue is devoted to increasing the amount of evidence for this latter proposition. Specifically, in this Special Issue, we are focused on the interaction between chronic physical and mental disease in the aftermath of disasters, and more generally on the influence of environmental toxins on chronic mental disease. Contributions should emphasize the public health and policy implications of their research. A wide variety of chronic mental health diseases can be considered for inclusion, including, but not limited to, mood and anxiety disorders, neurocognitive diseases (mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia), personality disorders, psychoses, and mental health diseases with an organic basis. We also welcome the submission of papers that employ novel statistical approaches to establish an association or causal relationship between chronic physical and mental health diseases.
Dr. Howard E. Alper
Prof. Dr. Iris Udasin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mood disorders
- anxiety disorders
- mild cognitive impairment
- dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- psychoses
- mental health diseases with an organic basis
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