| Autore |
Morrison Val <1961->
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| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2016]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (676 pages) : color illustrations
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| Disciplina |
616.0019
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| Soggetto topico |
Clinical health psychology
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| ISBN |
1-292-12944-1
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- PART I BEING AND STAYING HEALTHY -- Chapter 1 What is health? -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- What is health? Changing perspectives -- Individual, cultural and lifespan perspectives on health -- What is health psychology? -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Health inequalities -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Health differentials -- Minority status and health -- Gender and health -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 Health-risk behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- What is health behaviour? -- Smoking, drinking and illicit drug use -- Unprotected sexual behaviour -- Unhealthy diet -- Obesity -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 4 Health-protective behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Adherence behaviour -- Healthy diet -- Exercise -- Health-screening behaviour -- Immunisation behaviour -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 5 Explaining health behaviour -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Distal influences on health behaviour -- Models of health behaviour -- Sociocognitive models of behaviour change -- Stage models of behaviour change -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 6 Changing behaviour: mechanisms and approaches -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Developing public health interventions -- Strategies for changing risk behaviour -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 7 Preventing health problems -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Working with individuals -- Using the mass media -- Environmental interventions -- Public health programmes -- Using new technology -- Summary -- Further reading -- PART II BECOMING ILL -- Chapter 8 The body in health and illness -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The behavioural anatomy of the brain.
The autonomic nervous system -- The immune system -- The digestive system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 9 Symptom perception, interpretation and response -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- How do we become aware of the sensations of illness? -- Symptom perception -- Symptom interpretation -- Planning and taking action: responding to symptoms -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 10 The consultation and beyond -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The medical consultation -- Factors that influence the process of consultation -- Moving beyond the consultation -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 11 Stress, health and illness: theory -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Concepts of stress -- Types of stress -- Stress as a physiological response -- The stress and illness link -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 12 Stress and illness moderators -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Coping defined -- Stress, personality and illness -- Stress and cognitions -- Stress and emotions -- Social support and stress -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 13 Managing stress -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Stress theory: a quick review -- Stress management training -- The third wave therapies -- Preventing stress -- Minimising stress in hospital settings -- Summary -- Further reading -- PART III BEING ILL -- Chapter 14 The impact and outcomes of illness: patient perspective -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The impact of illness -- Coping with illness -- Illness and quality of life -- Measuring quality of life -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 15 The impact and outcomes of illness: families and informal caregivers -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Illness: a family affair -- Expectancies of care.
Family systems and family members -- Consequences of caring for the caregiver -- Influences on caring outcomes -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 16 Pain -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The experience of pain -- Biological models of pain -- A psychobiological theory of pain -- Future understandings of pain: the neuromatrix -- Helping people to cope with pain -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 17 Improving health and quality of life -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- Coping with chronic illness -- Reducing distress -- Managing illness -- Preventing disease progression -- Summary -- Further reading -- PART IV FUTURES -- Chapter 18 Futures -- Learning outcomes -- Chapter outline -- The need for theory-driven practice -- Getting evidence into practice -- Summary -- Further reading -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Health psychology
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153239703321 |
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British journal of health psychology
