The flaws in today's healthcare systems and practices are well-documented: millions remain far from optimal health due to a variety of psychological and social factors; large numbers of patients do not fully cooperate with medical advice; errors in medical decision-making -- some stemming from flaws in interpersonal relations -- regularly lead to needless suffering and death. Further, the effects of emotions, personality, and motivation on healing are not well incorporated into traditional medical care. The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology compiles the most relevant scholarship from psychology, medicine, and public health to offer a thorough and authoritative model of the biopsychosocial approach to health. A collection of international contributors addresses all relevant concepts in this model, including its applications to health promotion, health behavior change, and treatment.
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The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology brings together preeminent experts to provide a comprehensive view of key concepts, tools, and findings of this rapidly expanding core discipline. The contributors address foundational concepts of the biopsychosocial approach to health and then discuss application.
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Part One: Background, History, and Methods ; 1. The Intellectual Roots of Health Psychology ; Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler ; 2. A History of the Development of Health Psychology ; Wade Pickren and Silvia Degni ; 3. Measurement in Health Psychology Research ; Timothy W. Smith ; 4. Designing and Conducting Interventions to Enhance Physical and Mental Health Outcomes ; J. Lee Westmaas, Virginia Gil-Rivas, and Roxane C. Silver ; 5. Uncertainty, Variability, and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process ; Robert M. Kaplan ; Part Two: Core Concepts in Health Psychology ; 6. The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External Milieu ; John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson ; 7. Psychoneuroimmunology ; Margaret E. Kemeny ; 8. Stress, Coping, and Health ; Charles S. Carver and Sara Vargas ; 9. Social Support ; Shelley E. Taylor ; 10. Personality, Disease, and Self-healing ; Howard S. Friedman ; 11. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research ; Annette L. Stanton and Tracey A. Revenson ; 12. Social Comparison Processes: Implications for Physical Health ; Jerry Suls ; 13. Health and Illness Perceptions ; Yael Benyamimi ; Part Three: Core Issues in Clinical Health ; 14. Physician-Patient Communication ; Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter ; 15. Aging and Health ; Karen Rook, Susan Turk Charles, and Jutta Heckhausen ; 16. Chronic Pain: Closing the Gap between Evidence and Practice ; Beverly Thorn ; 17. Coping with Cancer ; Vanessa Malcarne ; 18. Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health ; James W. Pennebaker and Cindy K. Chung ; 19. Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss: Prevailing Assumptions versus Scientific Evidence ; Camille Wortman and Kathrin Boerner ; 20. Family Consultation for Couples Coping with Health Problems: A Social Cybernetic Approach ; Michael J. Rohrbaugh and Varda Shoham ; 21. Childhood Health and Chronic Illness ; Barbara Tinsley ; 22. Transplantation ; Mary Amanda Dew and Andrea F. DiMartini ; 23. HIV/AIDS ; Lydia Temoshok ; Part Four: Health Behaviors and Change ; 24. Health Behavior Change ; Ralf Schwarzer ; 25. Advancing Health Behavior Theory: The Interplay among Theories of Health Behavior, Empirical Modeling of Health Behavior, and Behavioral Interventions ; Leona Aiken ; 26. The Perception of Health Risks ; Britta Renner and Harald Schupp ; 27. Physical Activity ; Dawn Wilson ; 28. Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders ; Kenneth J. Sher, Amelia Talley, Andrew K. Littlefield, and Julia Martinez ; 29. Obesity ; Emily L. Van Walleghen, Betsy A. Steeves, and Hollie A. Raynor ; 30. Dispositional Optimism, Psychophysiology, and Health ; Suzanne Segerstrom ; Part Five: Population and Socio-Cultural Issues ; 31. Community Health ; Marta Gil Lacruz ; 32. Latino Health ; John Ruiz and Patrick Steffen ; 33. Two Decades of Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for Health ; Irina L. G. Todorova ; 34. Asian Meditation and Health ; Yosuke Sakairi, Genji Sugamura, and Masao Suzuki ; 35. Health Consequences of Social Relationships in Non-human Primates ; John P. Capitanio ; Part Six: Conclusion ; 36. Conclusion: The Achievements and Promise of Health Psychology ; Howard S. Friedman
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9780805864618 Baum & Revenson/Handbook of Health Psychology/2e $199.95 1000 Psychology Press 7/1/2011
"Howard Friedman has done an outstanding job of assembling the leading voices in health psychology. The chapters are comprehensive, thoughtful, and beautifully written. In its entirety, this handbook is a powerful statement about the breadth and depth of the science that now defines the field of health psychology. This handbook will be a critical resource for students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners across the health sciences, and now that health behaviors are recognized as leading causes of death, it also should also be in the hands of all policy makers concerned with the health of the public." --Susan Folkman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco "The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology is the most comprehensive review of the major topics in behavioral medicine and the psychology of health on the market today. Howard Friedman has assembled some of the field's most creative investigators to contribute chapters that are comprehensive, cutting edge in their coverage, and yet highly readable. This is a volume that should be on the bookshelf of every investigator, and it would make an excellent text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in psychology and allied health professions. A tour de force!" --Peter Salovey, Ph.D., Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology and University Provost, Yale University "This handbook is an exceptionally fine specimen of the genre. A prolific writer-researcher, Friedman is also an excellent editor; the contributions herein are focused, well written, and full of current and classic references, but never too long... Highly recommended." -- D. S. Dunn, Moravian College, CHOICE
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Selling point: Part of the OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY Selling point: Chapters authored by finest health psychology scholars in the United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Spain Selling point: Emphasis on the fundamentals, core areas, and insights of health psychology Selling point: Exceptionally well-written chapters that go beyond literature reviews to tackle and explain challenging health issues
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Howard S. Friedman is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Major awards for his health psychology research include the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, its most prestigious award in the field of applied scientific research. Author or editor of a dozen books and 150 scientific articles, Dr. Friedman graduated from Yale and was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for his doctoral work at Harvard.
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Selling point: Part of the OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY Selling point: Chapters authored by finest health psychology scholars in the United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Spain Selling point: Emphasis on the fundamentals, core areas, and insights of health psychology Selling point: Exceptionally well-written chapters that go beyond literature reviews to tackle and explain challenging health issues
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ISBN
9780195342819
Publisert
2011
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Oxford University Press Inc
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1736 gr
Høyde
259 mm
Bredde
186 mm
Dybde
49 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
936

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Biographical note

Howard S. Friedman is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Major awards for his health psychology research include the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, its most prestigious award in the field of applied scientific research. Author or editor of a dozen books and 150 scientific articles, Dr. Friedman graduated from Yale and was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for his doctoral work at Harvard.