Handbook of clinical health psychology / / edited by Susan Llewelyn and Paul Kennedy

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (625 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.19; 616/.001/9
• Soggetto topico: Clinical health psychology; Psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LlewelynSusan P KennedyPaul <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I Psychological Models and the Experience of Health Care; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 Models and Concepts; Chapter 3 The Person's Experience of Health Care; Chapter 4 Staff Experience of the Health Care System; Chapter 5 The Experience of Families and their Carers in Health Care; PART II Clinical Conditions and the Experience of Clinical Health Psychology; Chapter 6 Cardiac Conditions; Chapter 7 Oncology and Psycho-oncology; Chapter 8 Chronic Pain ; Chapter 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Behavioural Medicine ApproachChapter 10 Treatment of Obesity; Chapter 11 Diabetes Mellitus; Chapter 12 Working with Cognitively Impaired Clients; Chapter 13 Psychological Aspects of Acquired Hearing Impairment and Tinnitus; Chapter 14 Spinal Cord Injury; Chapter 15 Clinical Practice Issues in Solid Organ Transplantation; Chapter 16 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Chapter 17 Gynaecology; Chapter 18 Accident and Trauma; Chapter 19 Reproductive Health; Chapter 20 Appearance Anxiety; Chapter 21 Psychological Management for Sexual Health and HIV ; Chapter 22 An Average Old Age: Associations between Ageing, Health and BehaviourPART III Research Issues, the Social Context and Future Challenges; Chapter 23 The Nature of Evidence in Clinical Health Psychology; Chapter 24 Qualitative Research: Evaluating the Process and the Product; Chapter 25 The Social Context of Health; Chapter 26 Telehealth and Chronic Illness: Emerging Issues and Developments in Research and Practice; Chapter 27 The Relevance of Health Policy to the Future of Clinical Health Psychology; Chapter 28 Convergence, Integration and Priorities; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of clinical health psychology. It is primarily a well-referenced but practical resource, which provides an authoritative, up-to-date guide to empirically validated psychological interventions in health care. Each contributor provides a conceptual synthesis of the area, and how key models are related to formulation, service delivery and research. The book also considers contextual issues and the importance of topics such as ageism and power, which may have an impact on how health psychology is
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of clinical health psychology
• ISBN: 1-280-10159-8; 1-78034-106-7; 9786610101597; 0-470-86939-9; 0-470-01338-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143515703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley UBCM ebooks.