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Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions (3rd edition)
: :Edward Sarafino's best-selling health psychology text draws from the current research and theories of many disciplines to describe how psychology and health are interconnected using the biopsychosocial model to synthesize all the information together into a straightforward text. While maintaining the widely praised organization and pedagogy of earlier editions, the author updated each chapter. Some of the many topics which have been expanded include the following: the coverage of age, gender, and sociocultural differences in health and health promotion, AIDS prevention, psychoneuroimmunology, and methods of coping. Contemporary and comprehensive information, a variety ...
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Medical Thinking: The Psychology of Medical Judgement and Decision Making (Contribution to Psychology and Medicine)
: :Edward Sarafino's best-selling health psychology text draws from the current research and theories of many disciplines to describe how psychology and health are interconnected using the biopsychosocial model to synthesize all the information together into a straightforward text. While maintaining the widely praised organization and pedagogy of earlier editions, the author updated each chapter. Some of the many topics which have been expanded include the following: the coverage of age, gender, and sociocultural differences in health and health promotion, AIDS prevention, psychoneuroimmunology, and methods of coping. Contemporary and comprehensive information, a variety ...
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Cognitive Science in Medicine: Biomedical Modeling
from: The MIT Press
: :Biomedicine has become one of the best-modeled domains from several perspectives - artificial intelligence, psychology, and the social sciences; yet few studies have combined these points of view. In this book, the interdisciplinary strengths of cognitive science offer fresh insights into biomedical problem solving. Cognitive Science in Medicine presents current research that focuses on issues and results in applying techniques from cognitive science to problems in biomedicine. It includes material by researchers who have worked in both areas and is unique in linking models of physician knowledge with models of physician behavior. ...
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Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowledge (Wiley Series on Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine)
: :This is the first book to survey the various approaches to health care as defined by the major Eastern and Western philosophies, and to attempt at least the first step towards synthesizing these into a universal, practical view. It also attempts to bridge the gaps between various disciplines concerned with health care and to formulate a comprehensive and integrated image of human nature as it applies to the process of healing.
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Health Psychology: Processes and Applications
from: Chapman & Hall
: :Health psychology is developing at a rapid pace, reflecting changes in consumer expectations and developments in the understanding of the effects of pyschological processes on health. This book considers those processes which contribute to illness, such as stress and existing health beliefs, and also how health carers can develop better psychological skills and more sensitivity. This book should be of interest to health professionals - doctors, general practitioners, clinical psychologists and nurses.
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Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability
: :Health psychology is developing at a rapid pace, reflecting changes in consumer expectations and developments in the understanding of the effects of pyschological processes on health. This book considers those processes which contribute to illness, such as stress and existing health beliefs, and also how health carers can develop better psychological skills and more sensitivity. This book should be of interest to health professionals - doctors, general practitioners, clinical psychologists and nurses.
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The Meaning of Illness: A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient (Philosophy and Medicine)
: :This work provides a phenomenological account of the experience of illness and the manner in which meaning is constituted by the patient and the physician. Rather than representing a shared reality between doctor and patient, illness represents two quite distinct realities - the meaning of one being significantly and qualitatively different from the meaning of the other. Drawing upon insights derived from psychological phenomenology, the author explores this difference and provides a detailed account of the way in which illness and body are apprehended differently by doctor and patient. The author considers ...
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Psychiatric Aspects of Reproductive Technology (Issues in Psychiatry)
from: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
: :Reproductive technology, bright in the possibilities it makes available to infertile couples, also carries the uncertainty of long-term psychological, medical, sociological, legal, and ethical consequences. This volume brings together contributors from the diverse practice areas of law, obstetrics, psychiatry, and pediatrics to explore both the sublimity and the peril of these new technologies, and the effects they have had and may yet have on our society.
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Psychiatric Medications: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (SAGE Human Services Guides)
: :Cutting through the differences between physicians and therapists, this guide provides insights into the importance of psychotherapy in the world of medicine.There is increasing evidence that mental health problems are influenced by biochemical factors and that suffering from these problems can be relieved through medication - which, when paired with psychotherapy, is a vital resource that facilitates the client's ability to change.This guide provides practical information about the use of medication for mental health problems: which drugs to use when, brand and generic names, how the medication works, and common dosages and ...
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Relationships in Chronic Illness and Disability (SAGE Series on Close Relationships)
: :This sensitive yet practical book explores challenges to adult close relationships that result from long-term illness and disability. The authors focus on illness and: relationship change; interpersonal supports and stressors; and relationship-focused coping.Interventions for nurturing close relationships as well as issues of theory and method are discussed. Specific topics examined include: the disruption of everyday routines by health care; the social construction of disability; marital relationships; illness and personal growth; and communal coping.
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