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Health psychology : biopsychosocial interactions / Edward P. Sarafino.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Chichester : Wiley, c1994.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxi, 592 p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9780471585497 :
  • 0471585491 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.19 SAR
Contents:
Summary: Utilizing the biopsychosocial model as the basic explanatory theme for health and health care, this study outlines a systems approach which is complemented by the integration of life-span development in health and illness.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 610.19 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 107407

Previous ed.: 1990.

Includes bibliography and index.

PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION: BASIC ISSUES AND PROCESSES:- 1. An overview of Psychology and health--2. The body's physical systems--PART 11: STRESS, ILLNESS AND COPING:- 3. Stress - Its meaning, impact and sources--4. Stress, biopsychosocial factors, and illness--5. Coping with and reducing stress--PART 111: LIFESTYLES TO ENHANCE HEALTH AND PREVENT ILLNESS:- 6. Health-related behaviour and health promotion--7. Reducing substance use and abuse--8. Improving nutrition, weight control and diet, exercise, and dafety--PART IV: BECOMING ILL AND GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT:-9. Using health services--10. In the hospital: The setting, procedures and effects on patients--PART V: PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS: PAIN AND DISCOMFORT:- 11. The nature and symptoms of pain--12. Managing and controlling clinical pain--PART VI: CHRONIC AND LIFE- THREATENING HEALTH PROBLEMS:- 13. Serious and disabling chronic illnesses: causes, management, and coping--14. Heart disease, stroke, cancer, and AIDS: Causes, management, and coping--PART VII: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE:- 15. What's ahead for health psychology?

Utilizing the biopsychosocial model as the basic explanatory theme for health and health care, this study outlines a systems approach which is complemented by the integration of life-span development in health and illness.

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