Foundations of Health Psychology

Name: Foundations of Health Psychology
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ISBN: 9780195139594

ISBN-10: 0195139593

ISBN-13: 9780195139594

Edition: 2007

Authors: Howard S. Friedman, Roxane Cohen Silver

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Health psychology is the scientific study of psychological processes related to health and health care. Although the field is only 25 years old, it has burgeoned into a major scientific and clinical discipline. Health psychology has excellent scientific journals, thousands of scientists and practitioners, and many students. Yet, there has not been a sufficient statement or explication of the foundational concepts upon which this flourishing field is built. Foundations of Health Psychology brings together top experts to provide a much-needed conceptual base for this rapidly expanding field. Rather than take a medical model approach, the volume examines health psychology from a theoretical,…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 10.00" wide x 7.20" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface


List of Contributors



The History and Background of Health Psychology




Measurement in Health Psychology Research




Designing and Implementing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness




Core Concepts Of The Biopsychosocial Approach To Health



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




Applications To Health Promotion And Effective Treatment



Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research




Aging and Health




Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health




Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss




Physician-Patient Communication




Uncertainty, Variability and Resource Allocation in the Healthcare Decision Process



Subject Index


Name Index