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Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology

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ISBN-10: 019534281X

ISBN-13: 9780195342819

Edition: 2011

Authors: Howard S. Friedman

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List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/26/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 936
Size: 10.12" wide x 7.60" long x 2.20" tall
Weight: 8.448
Language: English

Background, History, and Methods
The Intellectual Roots of Health Psychology
A History of the Development of Health Psychology
Measurement in Health Psychology Research
Designing and Conducting Interventions to Enhance Physical and Mental Health Outcomes
Uncertainty, Variability, and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Proce
Core Concepts in Health Psychology
The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External Milieu
Psychoneuroimmunology
Stress, Coping, and Health
Social Support
Personality, Disease, and Self-healing
Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research
Social Comparison Processes: Implications for Physical Health
Health and Illness Perceptions
Core Issues in Clinical Health
Physician-Patient Communication
Aging and Health
Chronic Pain: Closing the Gap between Evidence and Practice
Coping with Cancer
Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health
Prevailing Assumptions versus Scientific Evidence
Family Consultation for Couples Coping with Health Problems: A Social Cybernetic Approach
Childhood Health and Chronic Illness
Transplantation
HIV/AIDS
Health Behaviors and Change
Health Behavior Change
Advancing Health Behavior Theory: The Interplay among Theories of Health Behavior, Empirical Modeling of Health Behavior, and Behavioral Interventions
The Perception of Health Risks
Physical Activity
Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders
Obesity
Dispositional Optimism, Psychophysiology, and Health
Population and Socio-Cultural Issues
Community Health
Latino Health
Two Decades of Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for Health
Asian Meditation and Health
Health Consequences of Social Relationships in Non-human Primates
Conclusion
Conclusion: The Achievements and Promise of Health Psychology