Health Psychology (Non-InfoTrac Version) - Hardcover

Rice, Phillip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534339158 ISBN 13: 9780534339159

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This topical, readable text draws students into the subject of health psychology using human interest stories, case studies, and news reports to personalise each topic.

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PART I: FOUNDATIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 1. Health Psychology: A Growing partnership in Health Care PART II: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 2. Of Germs and Magic Bullets: Biomedical Foundations of Health Psychology 3. On Grief, Placebos, and Mind: Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness 4. Social Networks: Social-Ecological Theories of Health and Illness PART III: INTERVENTION AND RESEARCH: TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 5. Four Therapies: Short-Term, Cognitive, Behavioral, and Pharmacotherapy 6. Biobehavioral Research: Experimental, Clinical, and Epidemiological Strategies PART IV: STRESS, HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS AND HEALTH 7. Stress Models: Symptoms, Sources, and Strategies 8. Substance Abuse I: Kicking Harmful Habits 9. Substance Abuse II: Use and Misuse of Alcohol 10. Nutrition: Healthy and Unhealthy Habits 11. The AIDS Epidemic: A Behavioral Disease PART V: COPING WITH CHRONIC OR CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS 12. Heart Health: Silent Killers and the Hurry Sickness 13. The Problem of Pain: Headaches and Low Back Pain 14. Chronic Illness: Cancer and Arthritis PART VI: PROMOTING HEALTH AND PREVENTING ILLNESS 15. Paediatric Health Psychology: Promoting Health and Coping with Chronic Illness 16. Aging and Health: Myths, Realities, and Actions

Synopsis

Using a human-interest story at the start of each chapter, to personalize each topic as it is introduced, this text on health psychology weaves case studies and news reports into the empirical content. The author aims to strike a balance between theories, principles and applications, and links issues of humanity and science to provide a context for understanding health and illness. He provides a selective, rather than encyclopaedic, approach to the subject, and integrates issues of gender, ethnicity and culture, covering topics such as AIDS, substance abuse, stress, eating disorders, and chronic illness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534339158
• ISBN 13: 9780534339159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 580