Health psychology in action / edited by Mark Forshaw and David Sheffield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forshaw, Mark.

Sheffield, David, 1967-

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical health psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"A definitive guide to the growing field of health psychology, which showcases contributions from academics and professionals working at the cutting edge of their discipline. Explores the field of modern health psychology, its latest developments, and how it fits into the contexts of modern healthcare, industry and academia Offers practical, real-world examples and applications for psychological theory in health care settings Provides a timely resource to support the new HPC registration of health and other psychologists Includes contributions from practitioners in a wide range of health care settings who share their own vivid personal experiences, as well as more general guidance to applying theory in practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Applying Health Psychology to Dentistry: 'People, Not Teeth' / Sarah Baker Baker, Sarah 1

2 Promoting the Application of Health Psychology in Primary Health Care / Amy Baraniak Baraniak, Amy 17

3 Health Psychology in the NHS: The Long and Winding Road... / Julian Bath Bath, Julian 28

4 A Journey into Health Psychology and Beyond / Sheila Bonas Bonas, Sheila 40

5 Health Psychology in Cyberspace / Neil Coulson Coulson, Neil 50

6 Working in Academia: A Different Kind of Practice, but Practice Nonetheless / Lorna Dodd Dodd, Lorna 58

7 Shared Decision Making / Darren Flynn Flynn, Darren 69

8 Writing, Training, Teaching, Researching, Consulting, Quality Assurance and the Kitchen Sink / Mark Forshaw Forshaw, Mark 84

9 What Are the Roles of a Health Psychologist in Clinical Practice? Defining Knowledge, Skills and Competencies / Claire Hallas Hallas, Claire 93

10 Health Psychology: The Missing Ingredient from Health and Safety? / Jenny Lunt Lunt, Jenny 105

11 Keeping Up Appearances in Health Psychology / Timothy P. Moss Moss, Timothy P. 116

12 Social and Political Health Psychology in Action / Michael Murray Murray, Michael 128

13 Tailoring Behavioural Support and Tailoring Health Psychology Careers / Felix Naughton Naughton, Felix 138

14 Working with Chronic Pain / Sue Peacock Peacock, Sue 150

15 Combining Practice and Academia as a Health Psychologist / Karen Rodham Rodham, Karen 161

16 Health Psychologists in Action - Working for the Pharmaceutical Industry / Katja Rüdell Rüdell, Katja 172

17 The Rapid Growth of Health Psychology in Medical Schools and Clinical Practice / Harbinder Sandhu Sandhu, Harbinder, Shilpa Patel Patel, Shilpa 183

18 The Lived Experience of a Qualitative Health Psychologist / Rachel L. Shaw Shaw, Rachel L. 195

19 Health Psychology in Sickle Cell and Other Long-Term Haematological Conditions / Veronica Joan Thomas Thomas, Veronica Joan 207

20 Afterword / Mark Forshaw Forshaw, Mark, David Sheffield Sheffield, David 221.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

778314820

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Restricted for use by site license.