Foundations of health psychology / edited by Howard S. Friedman and Roxane Cohen Silver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Howard S., editor.

Silver, Roxane Cohen, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical health psychology.

Psychology, Clinical.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Clinical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

After presenting an overview of the field's history and methods, this book addresses major concepts of the biopsychosocial approach to health and discusses applications to health promotion and effective treatment and prevention.

Contents:

Part One: History and Methods: 1. The History and Background of Health Psychology / Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler

2. Measurement in Health Psychology Research / Timothy W. Smith

3. Designing and Implementing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness / J. Lee Westmaas, Virginia Gil-Rivas and Roxane. C. Silver

Part Two: Core Concepts of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Health: 4. The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External / Milieu John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson

5. Psychoneuroimmunology / Margaret E. Kemeny

6. Stress, Coping and Health Charles / S. Carver

7. Social Support / Shelley E. Taylor

8. Personality, Disease, and Self-healing / Howard S. Friedman

Part Three: Applications to Health Promotion and Effective Treatment

9. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research / Annette L. Stanton & Tracey A. Revenson

10. Aging and Health / Karen Rook, Susan Turk Charles and Jutta Heckhausen

11. Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health / James W. Pennebaker & Cindy K. Chung

12. Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss / Camille Wortman & Kathrin Boerner

13. Physician-Patient Communication / Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter

14. Uncertainty, Variability and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process / Robert M. Kaplan.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773549-5

0-19-028609-1

1-4237-9982-8

1-280-83484-6

0-19-803194-7

OCLC:

1406783245