PART I An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processes 1 Chapter 1 An Overview of Psychology and Health 1 Chapter 2 The Body's Physical Systems PART II Stress, Illness, and Coping Chapter 3 Stress -- Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources -- Chapter 4 Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness -- Chapter 5 Coping With and Reducing Stress -- PART III Lifestyles to Enhance Health and Prevent Illness -- Chapter 6 Health-Related Behavior and Health Promotion -- Chapter 7 Substance Use and Abuse -- Chapter 8 Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety -- PART IV Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatment -- Chapter 9 Using Health Services -- Chapter 10 In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients -- PART V Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort -- Chapter 11 The Nature and Symptoms of Pain -- Chapter 12 Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain -- PART VI Chronic and Life-Threatening Health Problems -- Chapter 13 Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management, and Coping -- Chapter 14 Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management, and Coping -- PART VII Looking to the Future -- Chapter 15 What's Ahead for Health Psychology?
Summary:
Ed Sarafino and Timothy Smith draw from the research and theory of multiple disciplines in order to effectively demonstrate how psychology and health impact each other. The newly updated 9th Edition of Health Psychology: Biopsychsocial Interactions includes a broader picture of health psychology by presenting cross-cultural data. Furthermore, international examples are also included to further explore the psychologist's perspective of health issues around the world and highlight what works in the field. The psychological research cited in the text supports a variety of behavioral, physiological, cognitive, and social/personality viewpoints. An emphasis on lifespan development in health and illness is integrated throughout the text.
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