Hi
Table of Contents
Part I An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processes 1
Chapter 1 An Overview of Psychology and Health 1
Chapter 2 The Body's Physical Systems 30
Part II Stress, Illness, and Coping 57
Chapter 3 Stress—Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources 57
Chapter 4 Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness 82
Chapter 5 Coping with and Reducing Stress 112
Part III Lifestyles to Enhance Health and Prevent Illness 135
Chapter 6 Health- Related Behavior and Health Promotion 135
Chapter 7 Substance Use and Abuse 167
Chapter 8 Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety 201
Part IV Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatment 233
Chapter 9 Using Health Services 233
Chapter 10 In The Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients 261
Part V Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort 290
Chapter 11 The Nature and Symptoms of Pain 290
Chapter 12 Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain 316
Part VI Chronic and Life- Threatening Health Problems 339
Chapter 13 Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management, and Coping 339
Chapter 14 Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management, and Coping 368
Part VII Looking to the Future 397
Chapter 15 What’s Ahead for Health Psychology? 397
