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SAGE PUBLISHING Psychobiological Processes In Health And Illness 2011 Edition by Hamilton-West
A fantastic contribution to health psychology. My PhD students and medical students are instructed to read it (not often I recommend books these days). It feels like the field has been waiting for this for a long time' - Dr Lis Cordingley Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Medicine, University of ManchesterAn engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioural genetics.Students are encouraged to consider how advances in psychobiological research can help us to uncover the true complexity of links between psychological, biological and social processes with respect to implications for health and how such advances can inform the development of interventions and treatment. The Mind-Body ConnectionChanging Conceptualisations of Mind and Body Emerging Disciplines Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading The Link between Stress and IllnessThe History of the Stress Concept Cognitive Models Biological Models Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Positive Processes in Health and IllnessFrom Stress to Emotion Emotion, Coping and Health Well-Being Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading A Healthy DispositionIntroduction How Do Genes Influence Health? Genetic Advances and Identifying Disease GenesPredictive Genetic Testing Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading PainWhat Is Pain? Theories of Pain Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Pain Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading At-Risk PopulationsIntroductionSocio-Economic Status and Health People with Psychiatric Illness Older People Long-Term Caregivers Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Psychobiological InterventionsIntroduction Coping-Based Approaches Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Methodological Issues in Psychobiological ResearchIntroduction How Can We Determine Whether or not Psychological Factors Influence Health? Designing and Evaluating Health Interventions Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Summary and Future DirectionsWhat Have We Learned so Far? What Questions Have We Yet to Adequately Address? Technological Advances Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Glossary References Index