Provides access to articles selected from the best of the public press. This work's organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; an index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials.
No single area of study, or any individual, can claim to have the answers to even the basic questions which surround human health. Trying to understand the nature of health requires insights from many different perspectives. Working for Health is a unique reader which draws together contributions fr
SCI results in devastating consequences, and SCI people need to draw upon their every available strength to cope successfully with their injury. The rehabilitation of SCI is also complex and costly. This book introduces and discusses the complex psychosocial aspects related to SCI and its management and rehabilitation.
Providing an overview of theory, research, and practice at the interface of psychology and health, this volume explores how health and health behaviors are shaped by a wide range of psychological processes and social-environmental factors. It also features chapters on critical concepts and contemporary issues.
The environment is intricately and, from a research standpoint, hopelessly, multifactorial. The effects of global climate change may be readily seen not only in the thermoregulatory response to temperature fluctuation. This book discusses the environment and its influence on mood disorders and suicide from a scientific perspective.
Provides a conceptual analysis of issues and debates as well as theories and models in health psychology. Aimed at people studying health psychology for the first time at undergraduate or postgraduate level, this work provides a source of reference about terms and concepts related to and central for the study of contemporary health psychology.
For many years, social cognition models have been at the forefront of research into predicting and explaining health behaviours. There have been few attempts to go beyond prediction and understanding to intervention - but now the position has changed, and a number of excellent interventions have been set up. This book bring them together here.
Brings together the world of health psychology with that of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The authors draw on their experience as health psychologists to explore the relationship between health psychology and CAM and look at how an understanding of one can be used to inform the other.
Brings together the world of health psychology with that of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The authors draw on their experience as health psychologists to explore the relationship between health psychology and CAM and look at how an understanding of one can be used to inform the other.
This book is essential reading for psychology and health psychology students, those taking eating behaviour modules, and eating behaviour and disorders courses. It is also valuable reading for nutritionists, food scientists, occupational therapists and medical students.
Covers the subject of eating and food related behaviour from the five main areas of psychology, including; developmental, cognitive, social, biological, and pathological perspectives. This book is suitable for psychology and health psychology students, those taking eating behaviour modules, and eating behaviour and disorders courses.
These essays explore the nature of personal autonomy, considering its developmental origins, expression within relationships, importance within groups and organizational functioning, and role in promoting the democratic and economic development of societies.
This is the first book to explore the idea of embodiment across a wide range of clinical contexts. Adopting a critical and cultural perspective, the book stresses the importance of understanding people through their lived experiences and constructions of their own body.
Presents research gathered from across the globe in the study of health psychology, including leisure and depression in midlife; the benefits of humor on health and pain; hypnosis for the treatment of chronic pain; benefit finding relating to better emotional health in heart patients; and, blaming parents for their children's weight issues.
Introduces students to health psychology. Starting with a description of the biological, psychological and sociological factors that determine who we are, this text examines cultural differences in major health behaviors and health. It focuses on key determinants of behavior such as family, ethnicity and religion.
Offers a concise social psychology drawing various arguments, controversies and approaches that constitute the field. This book emphasises on various approaches to deconstructing and reconstructing social psychology. It looks at controversies such as realism and agency.
Offers a review of research with social cognition models and health behaviours. This book takes account of a number of important developments in the field, including an increasing focus on behaviour change and interest in process models and volitional influences on behaviour.
This is the first encyclopedia devoted to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine. The overarching content structure is based on the three fundamental domains within behavioral medicine: public health, clinical investigation and basic research.
Searches for psychosocial solutions to the problem of youth physical inactivity in the industrialised world. This book takes a contemporary approach by considering activity and inactivity as potentially two different behaviours with different determinants rather than placing them on a single continuum.
Highlights health issues that face the college student and his or her family through both accessible research examples and profiles of interventions. This book also highlights health issues relevant to the college student's immediate and global environment with both accessible research examples and profiles of interventions.
Families affected by the autism epidemic have suffered great hardship and prejudice, particularly as they have navigated the uncertain waters of diagnosis, treatment, and education. This title tells the shocking story of one Arizona family with five children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Despite the prevalence of digestive disorders, natural solutions for their prevention and cure are at hand - or at mouth! This book shows us how we can heal ourselves with a safe, natural approach to diet and lifestyle. It guides us through the labyrinth of our gastrointestinal tract, explaining the hows and whys and the do's and don'ts.
Assesses the important area of communication of risk in the health sector. This book examines: risk - defining and explaining how the term is used by different disciplines, how its meanings have changed over time and how the general public understand it; and, health communication and the effects on health behaviours.
According to the National Institutes of Health, there are 60 to 70 million people affected by digestive diseases in the United States. This title helps you to learn about the intriguing world of bad bugs, cytokine storms, and the world in your belly that influences your brain.
Examines the concept and the utility of the biopsychosocial model, taking the examples of arthritis, cancer, diabetes, lower back pain, irritable bowel syndrome and depression to show how the model can be used in practice. This title shows how effective it can be and provides solutions for implementing it in medical practice in all specialties.
Explores how people can creatively make the most of their anger. This book includes topics such as the real causes of anger; different ways of expressing anger; using anger to your advantage; communication skills for tense situations; handling hostile personal situations; handling public anger; and, how to live more peacefully.
Effective health communication is recognised to be a critical aspect of healthcare at both the individual and wider public level. Good communication is associated with positive health outcomes. This book assesses research and practice in the area and provides some practical guidance for those involved in communicating health information.
Contains updated and revised contributions from more than eighty experts on a variety of therapies, models, and multifaceted evaluation and treatment centers. This title includes the therapies of the future, focusing on clinical trials, ongoing research, and the researchers striving to understand autism and to find advanced treatments.
Designed for use by final year undergraduates, those engaged in training for both clinical and health psychology, and practitioners, this European text combines elements of both clinical and health psychology. It integrates psychological theory with the practice of health and clinical psychology in the hospital and in the context of health care.
Offers an introduction to health psychology and an overview of contemporary theory and practice. This title addresses various key issues and challenges in practice, taking into account the developments in health care policy including strategies for improving health, tackling unhealthy lifestyles and securing good health for the whole population.
Focuses on the key areas highlighted by the British Psychological Society as central to health psychology. This book covers context of health psychology, health behaviors, health care, stress and health, and chronic illness. It offers case examples of health psychology work that illustrate what health psychology research can (and cannot) achieve.
In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. This book presents the psychology of decision making related to health care.
Addresses the role that psychology can play in reversing the trend of deleterious lifestyle choices. This book considers the common characteristics of lifestyle behaviors and reflects on how we can inform and improve interventions to promote healthy lifestyles. It discusses psychological principles involved in various aspects of lifestyle change.
A comprehensive guide to promoting the psychological well-being of children with chronic illnesses and medical conditions, covering support within health, social services and education. It discusses issues such as the impact of diagnosis and the experiences of children and their families in managing their medical condition and treatment.
Topics in Applied Psychology is a series of integrated texts combining both the academic and professional aspects of applied psychology. Written by a team of high-profile UK academics, this series is ideal for second- and third-year psychology undergraduates.
Gives an overview of arthritis that is grounded in the realities of living with a long-term condition often characterised by pain, fatigue, physical limitations, anxiety or depression. This book provides a section devoted to interventions with a psychological basis.
Assesses the important area of communication of risk in the health sector. This book examines: risk - defining and explaining how the term is used by different disciplines, how its meanings have changed over time and how the general public understand it; and, health communication and the effects on health behaviours.