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• COVER
• TITLE PAGE
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• TO CONTACT THE AUTHORS
• PREFACE
• NEW TO THIS EDITION
• THEMES
• ORGANIZATION
• OPTIONAL ORGANIZATION
• LANGUAGE AND STYLE
• LEARNING AIDS
• ONLINE SUPPLEMENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• TO THE STUDENT
• THE BOOK AND WEBSITE
• FEATURES OF THE BOOK
• THE WEBSITE
• STUDY HINTS
• PART I AN INTRODUCTION: BASIC ISSUES AND PROCESSES
• 1 AN OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH
• WHAT IS HEALTH?
• VIEWPOINTS FROM HISTORY: PHYSIOLOGY, DISEASE PROCESSES, AND THE MIND
• SEEING A NEED: PSYCHOLOGY’S ROLE IN HEALTH
• CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• RELATED SCIENTIFIC FIELDS: FOUNDATIONS AND CONNECTIONS FOR HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
• RESEARCH METHODS
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 2 THE BODY’S PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
• MODULE 1: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• MODULE 2: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• MODULE 3: THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• MODULE 4: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• MODULE 5: THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• MODULE 6: THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS (SEPARATED BY MODULES)
• PART II STRESS, ILLNESS, AND COPING
• 3 STRESS—ITS MEANING, IMPACT, AND SOURCES
• EXPERIENCING STRESS IN OUR LIVES
• BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF STRESS
• SOURCES OF STRESS THROUGHOUT LIFE
• MEASURING STRESS
• CAN STRESS BE GOOD FOR YOU?
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 4 STRESS, BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND ILLNESS
• PSYCHOSOCIAL MODIFIERS OF STRESS
• HOW STRESS AFFECTS HEALTH
• PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
• STRESS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
• STRESS AND CANCER
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 5 COPING WITH AND REDUCING STRESS
• COPING WITH STRESS
• REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRESS
• REDUCING STRESS REACTIONS: STRESS MANAGEMENT
• USING STRESS MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE CORONARY RISK
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• PART III LIFESTYLES TO ENHANCE HEALTH AND PREVENT ILLNESS
• 6 HEALTH‐RELATED BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH PROMOTION
• HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
• WHAT DETERMINES PEOPLE’S HEALTH‐RELATED BEHAVIOR?
• DEVELOPMENTAL, GENDER, AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS IN HEALTH
• PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 7 SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE
• SUBSTANCE ABUSE
• SMOKING TOBACCO
• ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE
• DRUG USE AND ABUSE
• REDUCING SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 8 NUTRITION, WEIGHT CONTROL AND DIET, EXERCISE, AND SAFETY
• NUTRITION
• WEIGHT CONTROL AND DIET
• EXERCISE
• SAFETY
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• PART IV BECOMING ILL AND GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT
• 9 USING HEALTH SERVICES
• TYPES OF HEALTH SERVICES
• PERCEIVING AND INTERPRETING SYMPTOMS
• USING AND MISUSING HEALTH SERVICES
• THE PATIENT–PRACTITIONER RELATIONSHIP
• COMPLIANCE: ADHERING TO MEDICAL ADVICE
• FOCUSING ON PREVENTION
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 10 IN THE HOSPITAL: THE SETTING, PROCEDURES, AND EFFECTS ON PATIENTS
• THE HOSPITAL—ITS HISTORY, SETTING, AND PROCEDURES
• BEING HOSPITALIZED
• EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT IN THE HOSPITAL
• HOW HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS ASSIST HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
• WHEN THE ILLNESS IS TERMINAL
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• PART V PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS: PAIN AND DISCOMFORT
• 11 THE NATURE AND SYMPTOMS OF PAIN
• WHAT IS PAIN?
• THEORIES OF PAIN
• BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN
• ASSESSING PEOPLE’S PAIN
• PAIN IN CHILDREN
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 12 MANAGING AND CONTROLLING CLINICAL PAIN
• CLINICAL PAIN
• MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR PAIN
• BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE METHODS FOR TREATING PAIN
• HYPNOSIS AND INTERPERSONAL THERAPY
• STIMULATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPIES FOR PAIN
• PAIN CLINICS
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• PART VI CHRONIC AND LIFE-THREATENING HEALTH PROBLEMS
• 13 SERIOUS AND DISABLING CHRONIC ILLNESSES: CAUSES, MANAGEMENT, AND COPING
• ADJUSTING TO A CHRONIC ILLNESS
• IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT CHRONIC CONDITIONS
• PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• 14 HEART DISEASE, STROKE, CANCER, AND AIDS: CAUSES, MANAGEMENT, AND COPING
• COPING WITH AND ADAPTING TO HIGH‐MORTALITY ILLNESS
• HEART DISEASE
• STROKE
• CANCER
• AIDS
• THE SURVIVORS: AND LIFE GOES ON
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• PART VII LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
• 15 WHAT’S AHEAD FOR HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY?
• GOALS FOR HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
• CAREERS AND TRAINING IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES FOR THE FUTURE
• FUTURE FOCUSES IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
• FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY’S FUTURE
• SUMMARY
• KEY TERMS
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX
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