This highly readable overview of health psychology emphasizes health maintenance and illness prevention, describing complicated physiological processes in a clear and engaging manner. It integrates contemporary research in biology, psychology, anthropology and sociology, utilizing the biopsychosocial model as the basic explanatory theme for health and health care. Along with numerous case vignettes and illustrations, the book also offers well-referenced material and intriguing discussions of important studies and conceptual models.
Biopsychosocial to the core.
To truly understand the interconnections between psychology and health, you've got to take a look at the whole person. That's why Edward Sarafino's thoroughly updated Fifth Edition examines the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in people's health.
Sarafino presents the most current thinking in the field, drawing on recent research and theory from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and biology. Throughout, the text explores life-span development in health and illness, as well as health and health-related behavior of people throughout the world.
This revised new Fifth Edition provides up-to-date coverage of such timely topics as:
- How stress affects health
- Coping processes and effects on health
- Stages of change and motivational interviewing in health promotion
- Substance abuse processes, prevention, and treatment
- Weight control
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Pain conditions and treatment
- Medical and psychosocial interventions for chronic illnesses
- Age, gender, and sociocultural differences in health and health promotion
Contents:
Part One: An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processess
Chapter 1: An Overview of Psychology and Health
Chapter 2: The Body's Physical Systems
Part Two: Stress, Illness and Coping
Chapter 3: Stress - It's Meaning, Impact and Sources
Chapter 4: Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors and Illness
Chapter 5: Coping with the Reducing Stress
Part Three: 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 Four: Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatmen
Chapter 9: Using Health Services
Chapter 10: In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures and Effects on Patients
Part Five: Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort
Chapter 11: The Nature and Symptoms of Pain
Chapter 12: Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain
Part Six: 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, Managment and Coping
Part Seven: Looking to the Future
Chapter 15: What's Ahead for Health Psychology
Glossary
References
Biopsychosocial to the core.
To truly understand the interconnections between psychology and health, you've got to take a look at the whole person. That's why Edward Sarafino's thoroughly updated Fifth Edition examines the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in people's health.
Sarafino presents the most current thinking in the field, drawing on recent research and theory from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and biology. Throughout, the text explores life-span development in health and illness, as well as health and health-related behavior of people throughout the world.
This revised new Fifth Edition provides up-to-date coverage of such timely topics as:
- How stress affects health
- Coping processes and effects on health
- Stages of change and motivational interviewing in health promotion
- Substance abuse processes, prevention, and treatment
- Weight control
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Pain conditions and treatment
- Medical and psychosocial interventions for chronic illnesses
- Age, gender, and sociocultural differences in health and health promotion
Contents:
Part One: An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processess
Chapter 1: An Overview of Psychology and Health
Chapter 2: The Body's Physical Systems
Part Two: Stress, Illness and Coping
Chapter 3: Stress - It's Meaning, Impact and Sources
Chapter 4: Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors and Illness
Chapter 5: Coping with the Reducing Stress
Part Three: 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 Four: Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatmen
Chapter 9: Using Health Services
Chapter 10: In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures and Effects on Patients
Part Five: Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort
Chapter 11: The Nature and Symptoms of Pain
Chapter 12: Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain
Part Six: 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, Managment and Coping
Part Seven: Looking to the Future
Chapter 15: What's Ahead for Health Psychology
Glossary
References