Part 1. Introduction to health psychology -- Part 2. Health behavior and primary prevention -- Part 3. Stress and coping -- Part 4. Seeking and using health care services -- Part 5. Management of chronic and terminal health disorders -- Part 6. Toward the future. What Is Health Psychology? Definition of health psychology ; The mind-body relationship : A brief history ; The rise of the biopsychosocial model ; The need for health psychology ; Health psychology research ; What is health psychology training for? -- The Systems of the Body. The nervous system ; The endocrine system ; The cardiovascular system ; The respiratory system ; The digestive system and the metabolism of food ; The renal system ; The reproductive system ; Genetics and health ; The immune system -- Health Behaviors. An introduction to health behaviors ; Health promotion : An overview ; Changing health habits ; Cognitive-behavioral approaches to health behavior change ; The transtheoretical model of behavior change ; Changing health behaviors through social engineering ; Venues for health-habit modification -- Health-Promoting Behaviors. Exercise ; Accident prevention ; Vaccinations and screening ; Sun safety practices ; Developing a healthy diet ; Sleep ; Rest, renewal, savoring -- Health-Compromising Behaviors. Characteristics of health-compromising behaviors ; Marijuana use ; Obesity ; Eating disorders ; Alcoholism and problem drinking ; Smoking -- Stress. What is stress? ; Origins of the study of stress ; The physiology of stress ; What makes events stressful? ; How has stress been studied? ; Sources of chronic stress -- Coping, Resilience, and Social Support. Coping with stress and resilience ; Coping and external resources ; Coping outcomes ; Coping interventions ; Social support -- Using Health Services. Recognition and interpretation of symptoms ; Who uses health services? ; Misusing health services -- Patients, Providers, and Treatments. Health care services ; The nature pf patient-provider communication ; Results of poor patient-provider communication ; Improving patient-provider communication and increasing adherence to treatment ; The patient in the hospital setting ; Interventions to increase information in hospital settings ; The hospitalized child ; Complementary and alternative medicine ; CAM treatments ; The Placebo Effect -- The Management of Pain and Discomfort. The elusive nature of pain ; Clinical issues in pain management ; Pain control techniques ; Pain management programs -- Management of Chronic Health Disorders. Quality of life ; Emotional responses to chronic health disorders ; Personal issues in chronic health disorders ; Coping with chronic health disorders ; Comanagement of chronic health disorders ; Psychological interventions and chronic health disorders -- Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness. Death across the life span ; Psychological issues in advancing illness ; Are there stages in adjustment to dying? ; Psychological issues and the terminally ill ; Alternatives to hospital care for the terminally ill ; Problems of survivors -- Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes. Coronary heart disease ; Hypertension ; Stroke ; Type 2 diabetes -- Psychoneuroimmunology and Immune-Related Disorders. Psychoneuroimmunology ; HIV infection and AIDS ; Cancer ; Arthritis ; Type 1 diabetes -- Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future. Health promotion ; Stress and its management ; Health services ; Management of serious illness ; Trends in health and health psychology ; Becoming a health psychologist.
Summary:
"When I (Dr. Taylor) wrote the first edition of 'Health Psychology' over 30 years ago, the task was much simpler than it is now. Health psychology was a new field and was relatively small. In recent decades, the field has grown steadily, and great research advances have been made. Chief among these developments is the use and refinement of the biopsychosocial model : the study of health issues from the standpoint of biological, psychological, and social factors acting together. Increasingly, researchers have identified the biological pathways by which psychosocial factors such as stress may adversely affect health and potentially protective factors such as social support may buffer the impact of stress. With Dr. Stanton joining as an author, our goal in the 11th edition of this text is to convey this increasing sophistication of the field in a manner that makes it accessible, comprehensible, and exciting to undergraduates"--Provided by publisher.
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