Power of Belief

Name: Power of Belief
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ISBN: 9780198530107

ISBN-10: 0198530102

ISBN-13: 9780198530107

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter Halligan, Mansel Aylward

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Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/29/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Introduction - the relevance of belief for understanding and managing illness behaviour Conceptual and psychological perspectives



Beliefs: explaining illness and shaping experience




A cognitive neuroscience of belief




Biased beliefs and the subjective validation effect




The cognitive anthropology of belief




Placebo: the role of expectancies in the generation and alleviation of illnessClinical and occupational perspectives



Beliefs: clinical and vocational interventions; tackling psychological and social determinants of illness and disabilitycMansel Aylward



Public and medical beliefs about mental disorders and their treatment




Beliefs and adherence to treatment: the challenge for research and clinical practice




Explaining unexplained symptoms: the role of beliefs in clinical management




Beliefs and obstacles to recovery in low back pain




Belief in rehabilitation, the hidden power for change




Managing disability in public policy initiatives




Clinician bias in diagnosis and treatment




Volition and psychosocial factors in illness behaviour