Chapter Outline

I. Psychoneuroimmunology
     A. The Immune System
     B. Assessing Immunocompetence
     C. Stress and Immune Functioning
     D. Negative Affect and Immune Functioning
     E. Stress, Immune Functioning, and Interpersonal Relationships
     F. Coping and Coping Resources as Moderators of the Stress-Immune Functioning Relationship
     G. Interventions to Enhance Immunocompetence
     H. Pathways from Stress to Immunocompromise
II. Stress and the Developing Immune System
III. AIDS
     A. A Brief History of AIDS
     B. AIDS in the United States
     C. Interventions to Reduce the Spread of AIDS
     D. Coping with HIV+ Status and AIDS
     E. Psychosocial Factors that Affect the Course of AIDS
IV. Cancer
     A. Why is Cancer Hard to Study
     B. Who Gets Cancer? A Complex Profile
     C. Psychosocial Factors and Cancer
     D. Psychosocial Factors and the Course of Cancer
     E. Mechanisms Linking Stress, Coping, and Cancer
     F. Adjusting to Cancer
     G. Psychosocial Problems and Cancer
     H. Coping with Cancer
V. Arthritis
     A. Rheumatoid Arthritis
     B. Osteoarthritis
     C. Gout

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