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Book SynopsisPsychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can''t help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology''s new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Trade Review"The reader will find in the text a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art in many topics of health psychology, including stress, coping and adaptation to the disease, intervention and prevention strategies. It is valuable that historical perspectives and research trends are presented. Many questions that arise during the reading will find an answer in the text. However, some questions remain opened, indicating a need of further studies and investigations, with possible future research trends.
Treated topics cover an overview of conceptual and professional issues, an in-depth analysis of great number of medical diseases, attention to health psychology changes across some developmental stages, such as the life span, and contextual issues, such as gender, culture and ethnicity. Moreover, primary care psychology, together with complimentary and alternative therapies are analyzed. Considered medical diseases include asthma, obesity, smoking, musculoskeletal conditions, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, headaches, cancer, pain, insomnia, coronary heart disease and hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases and spinal cord injury." (
Frontiers in Psychology for Clinical Settings, 2013)
Table of ContentsHandbook of Psychology Preface xi
Irving B. Weiner
Volume Preface xiii
Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, and Pamela A. Geller
Contributors xv
I OVERVIEW 1
1 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: OVERVIEW 3
David F. Marks
II CAUSAL AND MEDIATING PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS 27
2 STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS 29
Ralf Schwarzer and Aleksandra Luszczynska
3 COPING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 57
Melissa S. Xanthopoulos and Lauren C. Daniel
4 PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY: MECHANISMS, INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, AND INTERVENTIONS 79
Jeffrey R. Stowell, Theodore F. Robles, and Heidi S. Kane
III DISEASES AND DISORDERS 103
5 ASTHMA 105
Karen B. Schmaling
6 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OBESITY 128
Joyce A. Corsica and Michael G. Perri
7 NICOTINE DEPENDENCE 149
Sean P. David, Jennifer B. McClure, and Gary E. Swan
8 ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS 182
Mary C. Davis, Heather M. Burke, Alex J. Zautra, and Shannon Stark
9 DIABETES MELLITUS 200
Arthur M. Nezu, Greer Raggio, Amy N. Evans, and Christine Maguth Nezu
10 HIV/AIDS 218
Michael P. Carey, Lori A. J. Scott-Sheldon, and Peter A. Vanable
11 HEADACHES 247
Frank Andrasik, C. Mark Sollars, Susan E. Walch, and Dawn C. Buse
12 PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY 271
Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, Stephanie H. Felgoise, and Lauren M. Greenberg
13 CHRONIC PAIN 292
Dennis C. Turk and Hilary D. Wilson
14 NATURE AND TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA 318
Charles M. Morin, Jos´ee Savard, and Marie-Christine Ouellet
15 CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND HYPERTENSION 340
Charles F. Emery, Derek R. Anderson, and Christina L. Goodwin
16 GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES 365
Laurie Keefer, Tiffany H. Taft, and Jennifer L. Kiebles
17 SPINAL CORD INJURY 389
Ann Marie Warren, Meredith L. C. Williamson, Norma A. Erosa, and Timothy R. Elliott
IV HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 411
18 CHILD HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 413
Lamia P. Barakat, Matthew Hocking, and Anne E. Kazak
19 ADOLESCENT HEALTH 437
Sheridan Phillips and Sarah Edwards
20 ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING 459
Ilene C. Siegler, Merrill F. Elias, Beverly H. Brummett, and Hayden B. Bosworth
21 WOMEN’S HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 477
Pamela A. Geller, Alexandra R. Nelson, and Alexa Bonacquisti
22 PRIMARY CARE PSYCHOLOGY 512
Robert A. DiTomasso, Barbara A. Golden, Stacey C. Cahn, and Amelia G. Gradwell
23 SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 538
Keith E. Whitfield, Gerdi Weidner, Christopher L. Edwards, and Roland Thorpe
24 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 564
Marilyn Macik-Frey, James Campbell Quick, Lois E. Tetrick, Joyce Adkins, and Charles Klunder
25 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES 586
Christine Maguth Nezu, Minsun Lee, and Sarah Ricelli
Author Index 609
Subject Index 671
