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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction to health psychology
• Defining health psychology
• Historical perspective on health and illness
• The biomedical model
• The biopsychosocial model
• Social and environmental factors
• A new model of health
• Psychology and health
• Models of behaviour change
• The health belief model (HBM)
• The stages of change model
• Comparing the models
• Summary
• Further reading
• 2 Social epidemiology and health policy
• What is epidemiology
• Mortality and morbidity
• Research into morbidity and mortality
• Quality of life
• Health policy
• Summary
• Further reading
• 3 Symptoms of illness and pain
• Symptoms of illness and pain: adopting sick-role behaviour
• Illness behaviour vs. sick-role behaviour
• Social and demographic factors
• Symptom characteristics
• Social construction of health and illness
• Introduction to pain
• Defining pain
• History of pain
• An early model of pain
• Characteristics of pain
• 1 Injury without pain
• 2 Delayed pain following injury
• 3 Pain without injury
• 4 Phantom limb pain
• 5 Pain out of proportion to the injury
• Theories of pain
• Specificity theory
• Pattern theories
• Gate control theory
• Summary
• Further reading
• 4 Pain: assessment, management and treatment
• Measuring pain
• Physiological measures
• Behavioural assessment
• Self-reports
• Medical treatments for pain
• Medical treatments
• Psychological treatments of pain
• Multimodal approaches
• Multidisciplinary treatments: the pain clinic
• Summary
• Further reading
• 5 Doctor–patient communication
• The patient–practitioner relationship
• Research into doctor–patient communication
• Compliance with medical advice
• Predicting patient compliance
• Patient satisfaction
• Patient understanding
• Patient recall
• Psychological aspects of hospitalisation
• Preparation for surgery
• Summary
• Further reading
• 6 Psychological factors in illness
• The mind–body issue in health
• The role of psychological factors in chronic health problems
• Chronic ill-health problems
• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
• The role of psychology in the study of HIV and AIDS
• Interim summary
• Coronary heart disease (CHD)
• The role of psychology in CHD
• Predicting and changing behavioural risk factors
• Psychology and rehabilitation of CHD sufferers
• Terminal illness
• Cancer
• Prevalence of cancer
• The role of psychology in cancer
• Psychological strategies for coping
• Dealing with symptoms of cancer
• Adjustment to illness
• Summary
• Further reading
• 7 Lifestyles and health
• Aspects of lifestyle
• Research into lifestyles
• Exercise and nutrition
• Physical exercise
• Physical benefits of exercise
• Psychological benefits of exercise
• Nutrition: diet and health
• Obesity and eating disorders
• Eating disorders
• Bulimia
• Summary
• Further reading
• 8 Stress and stress management
• Nature of stress
• Physiology of stress
• Role of the nervous system
• Role of the neuroendocrine system
• Adrenal glands
• Theories of stress
• Selye’s general adaptation syndrome
• Lazarus and Folkman’s (1984) transactional model of stress
• Coping with stress
• Stress management
• Stress inoculation
• Stress and illness
• The role of the immune system in stress
• Summary
• Further reading
• 9 Study aids
• Improving your essay writing skills
• Practice essay 1
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Practice essay 2
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Practice essay 3
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Candidate’s answer
• Examiner’s comments
• Glossary
• Web-site addresses for additional information
• Bibliography
• Index