Richard De Visser, Susan Ayers

Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this award-winning textbook provides a thorough understanding of the importance of applying psychological knowledge to clinical practice. It remains the market-leading resource for all medical and allied healthcare students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781036202033
• Artikelnr.: 72258696

Autorenporträt

Dr Richard de Visser has been working in the fields of health psychology and public health for 25 years. He is Reader in Psychology at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex, where has received awards for his individual and group teaching. He was co-author of Psychology for Medicine (Sage, 2011) and Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (Sage, 2017). Richard completed a BSc in psychology at the University of Melbourne, and a PhD at the Australian Research centre in Sex, Health & Society. He then undertook post-doctoral work at Birkbeck College, University of London before moving to Sussex. Richard's research interests span a broad range of topics in health psychology, including: sexuality and relationships; gender and health; alcohol use; use of health services; and cross-cultural analyses. He has expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods, intervention studies, and mixed-methods designs. He is lead- or co-author on over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and his work is cited widely.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Psychology and Medicine
Section I: Psychology and Health
2 Motivation, Emotion, and Health
3 Stress and Health
4 Symptoms, Pain, and Illness
5 Health and Behaviour
6 Chronic Illness, Death, and Dying
Section II: Basic Foundations of Psychology
7 The Nervous System, Neurology, and Psychiatry
8 Psychosocial Development across the Lifespan
9 Social Psychology
10 Cognitive Psychology
Section III: Healthcare Practice
11 Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equality in Medicine and Healthcare
12 Evidence-Based Practice
13 Clinical Communication
14 Psychological Intervention
Section IV: Body Systems
15 Immunity and Protection
16 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health
17 Gastrointestinal Health
18 Reproduction and Endocrinology
19 Genitourinary Medicine