Foundations of health psychology / edited by Howard S. Friedman and Roxane Cohen Silver.

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TextSeries: OUP E-BooksPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 402 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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online resource

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9780198031949
0198031947
1423799828
9781423799825
9786610834846
6610834849

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foundations of health psychology.DDC classification:

610.1/9 22

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R726.7 .F68 2007eb

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WM 105

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Part One: History and Methods: 1. The History and Background of Health Psychology / Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler -- 2. Measurement in Health Psychology Research / Timothy W. Smith -- 3. Designing and Implementing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness / J. Lee Westmaas, Virginia Gil-Rivas and Roxane. C. Silver -- Part Two: Core Concepts of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Health: 4. The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External / Milieu John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson -- 5. Psychoneuroimmunology / Margaret E. Kemeny -- 6. Stress, Coping and Health Charles / S. Carver -- 7. Social Support / Shelley E. Taylor -- 8. Personality, Disease, and Self-healing / Howard S. Friedman -- Part Three: Applications to Health Promotion and Effective Treatment -- 9. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research / Annette L. Stanton & Tracey A. Revenson -- 10. Aging and Health / Karen Rook, Susan Turk Charles and Jutta Heckhausen -- 11. Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health / James W. Pennebaker & Cindy K. Chung -- 12. Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss / Camille Wortman & Kathrin Boerner -- 13. Physician-Patient Communication / Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter -- 14. Uncertainty, Variability and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process / Robert M. Kaplan.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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