New directions in health psychology [electronic resource] / edited by Ajit K. Dalal, Girishwar Misra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dalal, Ajit K.

Misra, Girishwar, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical health psychology--India.

Clinical health psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New Directions in Health Psychology critically explores the psychological dimensions of health and well-being in the Indian cultural context. Beginning with an analysis of the notion of health and well-being, the book goes on to explore the strategies and identify the possible interventions that can be made to promote and facilitate health and well-being in India. The discussion incorporates diverse domains, ranging from physical to spiritual, within which health is conceptualized. It also attends to the issue of health needs of disadvantaged sections in the society, women in particular, and e

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 - Psychology of Health and Well-being: Emergence and Development; PART I: Conceptual Foundations; Introduction; 2 - Evolution of the Concept of Mental Health: From Mental Illness to Mental Health; 3 - Stress and Coping from Traditional Indian and Chinese Perspectives; 4 - Concept of Psycho-social Well-being: Western and Indian Perspectives; 5 - Cultural Perspectives on Nature and Experience of Happiness; PART II: Social and developmental context of health; Introduction

6 - Puberty, Sexuality and Coping: An Analysis of the Experiences of Urban Adolescent Girls7 - Mental Disorders in Women: Evidence from a Hospital-based Study; 8 - Research on Families with Disabled Individuals: Review and Implications; Part III: Perspectives on Healing; Introduction; 9 - The Guru as Healer; 10 - Working through Emotional Pain: A Narrative Study of Healing Process; 11 - Yoga and the State of Mind; 12 - Psychotherapy and Indian Thought; PART IV: Overcoming Distress; Introduction; 13 - Anasakti and Health: An Empirical Study of Anasakti(Non-attachment)

14 - Living with a Chronic Disease: Healing and Psychological Adjustment in Indian Society15 - Near-death Experience in South India: A Systematic Survey in Channapatna; 16 - Resilience for Well-being: The Role of Experiential Learning; PART V: Challenges Ahead; Introduction; 17 - Health Modernity: Concept and Correlates; 18 - Life Events Stress, Emotional Vital Signs and Hypertension; 19 - Perception of AIDS in Mumbai: A Study of Low Income Communities; 20 - Disaster and Trauma: Who Suffers and Who Recovers from Trauma, and How?; About the Editors and Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

81-321-1900-2

1-283-42249-2

9786613422491

81-321-0935-X

OCLC:

775596477