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Zusatztext 9780805864618 Baum & Revenson/Handbook of Health Psychology/2e $199.95 1000 Psychology Press 7/1/2011 Informationen zum Autor Howard S. Friedman is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Major awards for his health psychology research include the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, its most prestigious award in the field of applied scientific research. Author or editor of a dozen books and 150 scientific articles, Dr. Friedman graduated from Yale and was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for his doctoral work at Harvard. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology brings together preeminent experts to provide a comprehensive view of key concepts! tools! and findings of this rapidly expanding core discipline. The contributors address foundational concepts of the biopsychosocial approach to health and then discuss application. Zusammenfassung The flaws in today's healthcare systems and practices are well-documented: millions remain far from optimal health due to a variety of psychological and social factors; large numbers of patients do not fully cooperate with medical advice; errors in medical decision-making -- some stemming from flaws in interpersonal relations -- regularly lead to needless suffering and death. Further, the effects of emotions, personality, and motivation on healing are not well incorporated into traditional medical care. The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology compiles the most relevant scholarship from psychology, medicine, and public health to offer a thorough and authoritative model of the biopsychosocial approach to health. A collection of international contributors addresses all relevant concepts in this model, including its applications to health promotion, health behavior change, and treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Background! History! and Methods; 1. The Intellectual Roots of Health Psychology; Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler; 2. A History of the Development of Health Psychology; Wade Pickren and Silvia Degni; 3. Measurement in Health Psychology Research; Timothy W. Smith; 4. Designing and Conducting Interventions to Enhance Physical and Mental Health Outcomes; J. Lee Westmaas! Virginia Gil-Rivas! and Roxane C. Silver; 5. Uncertainty! Variability! and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process; Robert M. Kaplan; Part Two: Core Concepts in Health Psychology; 6. The Brain! Homeostasis! and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External Milieu; John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson; 7. Psychoneuroimmunology; Margaret E. Kemeny; 8. Stress! Coping! and Health; Charles S. Carver and Sara Vargas; 9. Social Support; Shelley E. Taylor; 10. Personality! Disease! and Self-healing; Howard S. Friedman; 11. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research; Annette L. Stanton and Tracey A. Revenson; 12. Social Comparison Processes: Implications for Physical Health; Jerry Suls; 13. Health and Illness Perceptions; Yael Benyamimi; Part Three: Core Issues in Clinical Health; 14. Physician-Patient Communication; Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter; 15. Aging and Health; Karen Rook! Susan Turk Charles! and Jutta Heckhausen; 16. Chronic Pain: Closing the Gap between Evidence and Practice; Beverly Thorn; 17. Coping with Cancer; Vanessa Malcarne; 18. Expressive Writing! Emotional Upheavals! and Health; James W. Pennebaker and Cindy K. Chung; 19. Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss: Prevailing Assumptions versus Scientific Evidence; Camille Wortman and Kathrin Boerner; 20. Family Consultation for Couples Coping with Health Problems: A Social Cybernetic Approach; Michael J. Rohrbaugh and Varda Shoham; 21. Childhood Health and Chronic Illness; Barbara Tinsley; 22. Transplantatio...
