| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 425 pages). |
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Application and practice in health psychology |
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Application and practice in health psychology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Provides an overview of psychological services to adults who have medical illnesses. Chapter 1 presents the biopsychosocial model and discusses its implications for understanding, assessing, and treating patients with chronic medical illnesses. Chapter 2 examines psychologists in medical settings and provides a guide for psychologists transitioning into this setting. Chapter 3 covers psychological assessment. Chapter 4 discusses cognitive and neuropsychological evaluations. Chapter 5 discuss the ways in which culture and ethnicity can influence the nature of problems experienced by patients and how psychologists can address these factors. Chapter 6 reviews the reciprocal relationship between the illness and family process and the implications for providing psychological services to patients and their families. Chapter 7 presents a cognitive- behavioral framework for conceptualizing and assessing the psychological determinants of patients' levels of disability or functional activity. Chapter 8 reviews stress management techniques and their variations. Chapter 9 reviews the clinical literature on medical adherence and presents guidelines for evaluating and managing these challenging cases. Chapter 10 discusses death, dying, and bereavement and presents guidelines for care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Andrew Baum and Margaret Chesney -- Preface / Perry M. Nicassio and Timothy W. Smith -- Introduction / Perry M. Nicassio and Timothy W. Smith -- 1. Psychological Practice: Clinical Application of the Biopsychosocial Model / Timothy W. Smith and Perry M. Nicassio -- 2. Roles of the Clinical Health Psychologist in the Management of Chronic Illness / Cynthia D. Belar and Michael E. Geisser -- 3. Psychological Assessment / Leonard R. Derogatis, Megan P. Fleming, Nanette C. Sudler and Lynn DellaPietra -- 4. Neuropsychological Dysfunction: Research and Evaluation / Mark P. Kelly and Richard E. Doty -- 5. Ethnocultural Influences in Evaluation and Management / Kathleen Young and Nolan Zane -- 6. Family Assessment and Intervention / Robert D. Kerns -- 7. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Illness Behavior / Dennis C. Turk and Peter Salovey -- 8. Stress Management / Jerry C. Parker. |
| Form |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Chronic diseases.
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Clinical health psychology.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Chronic Disease -- psychology.
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Stress, Psychological -- therapy.
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Psychophysiology.
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| Added Author |
Nicassio, Perry M.
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Smith, Timothy W.
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| Note |
Available from some providers with title: PsycBOOKS |
| Other Form: |
Original 1557983003 (DLC) 95017909 |
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