1. What is "environmental illness"? -- 2. Toxicogenic theory -- 3. Unsubstantiated diagnoses and treatments -- 4. Studies supporting the psychogenic theory -- 5. Assessment of the toxicogenic research program -- 6. Psychogenic theory -- 7. Placebo and somatization -- 8. Learned sensitivity -- 9. The stress-response -- 10. Panic attacks and anxiety disorders -- 11. Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder -- 12. The limbic system and trauma -- 13. Personality disorders -- 14. Iatrogenic illness: exploitation and harm -- 15. Treatment -- 16. Politics -- 17. Future directions -- App. A. A methodology of scientific research programs -- App. B. Court rulings unfavorable to environmental illness
Summary
Several hundred individuals who believed they were suffering from environmental illness have been evaluated or treated by Herman Staudenmayer since the 1970s. Staudenmayer believed the symptoms harming his patients actually had psychophysiological origins - based more in fear of a hostile world than any suspected toxins contained in the environment. Staudenmayer's years of research, clinical work - and successful care - are now summarized in Environmental Illness: Myth and Reality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-367) and index