Psychology and sociology applied to medicine : an illustrated colour text / Edwin Roland van Teijlingen, Gerald Humphris. [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 6, 2021).

Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Foreword; Preface to the fourth edition; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Dedication; 1 The life cycle; 1 The biopsychosocial model; 2 Pregnancy and childbirth; The nature of pregnancy and childbirth; Place of delivery; Birth attendant; Breast-feeding; 3 Reproductive issues; Menstruation; Transition to parenthood and mental health; High-risk pregnancies and birth; Menopause; 4 Development in early infancy; Neonatal assessment; Communication in the first year

Infant-carer attachment; Effects of maternal mental health problems; 5 Childhood and child health; Key topics; Child poverty and inequalities in health; Mortality; Childhood obesity; Mental health and well-being; Adolescence and transitions; 6 Adolescence; Health care needs of adolescents; 7 Social aspects of ageing; Ageism; The ageing body and the self; The ageing mind; Dementia and Alzheimer's disease; Ageing and social change; 8 Bereavement; Determinants of grief; The mourning process; Normal grief; Risk factors; Atypical grief; Delayed or absent grief; Chronic grief; Masked grief

Exaggerated grief; Disenfranchised grief; Bereavement care; 2 Development of the person; 9 Personality and health; Big Five Taxonomy of personality; Conscientiousness; Neuroticism; Extraversion; Type D personality; Dispositional optimism; How does personality influence health outcomes?; 10 Understanding learning; Operant conditioning; Classical conditioning; Observational learning; Systematic desensitization; E-learning; Learning factual material; 11 Perception; How should we think about perception?; What are illusions, and what are their causes?; Learning, past experience and context

Perception and attention; Perception and cognition; Relevance of psychology of perception to medicine; 12 Emotions; Emotion as social communication; Processing of emotions in the brain; Autonomic activation; Perceptual and cognitive processing; Controversy -- what comes first: arousal, perception or identification of emotion?; Emotional integration and regulation; Emotions and disease -- negative and positive emotions; Health care professional-patient communications; 13 Memory problems; Stages of memory; How much can we remember?; Helping people to remember better

Memory after traumatic brain injury; Organic amnesia; Brain imaging; 14 How does sexuality develop?; Gender identity; Biological influences; Social and cultural influences; The development of sexual activity; Sexual problems; 15 Intelligence; What do intelligence tests measure?; Is intelligence genetically determined?; Group differences on intelligence scores; Health and intelligence; Are we getting more intelligent?; Does intelligence decline with age?; Can we boost intelligence?; 16 Development of thinking; Does understanding of illness develop through distinct age-related stages?

Now in its fourth edition, this definitive and popular introduction to human behaviour in the context of health and illness includes three new chapters, many new contributors and a new co-editor. It is arranged in nine sections to cover the core concepts of psychology and sociology as they apply to medicine. The life cycle Development of the person Society and health Preventing illness and promoting health Illness, behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter Illness and disability Coping with illness and disability Hoe do health services work How do you fit into all this? Topics presented as self-contained double-page spreads. Cases throughout to reinforce understanding of important concepts. Boxes and discussion points throughout. The authors comprise psychologists, sociologists and doctors. Highly illustrated.

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