Health psychology : challenging the biomedical model
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Health psychology : challenging the biomedical model
(Wiley international editions)
J. Wiley, c1992
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Note
Bibliography: p. 337-371
Includes author and subject indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An examination of the present state of health psychology, which differentiates between the biomedical model and the biopsychosocial model. Emphasis is placed on the urgent need to change present models in order to cope with the psychological health changes of the 21st century.
Table of Contents
- Changing Paradigms in Health and Health Care
- Introduction to Health Psychology
- Thinking Critically About Health-Related Research
- Psychobiological Mechanisms of Health and Disease
- Psychological and Behavioral Therapies in Health Psychology
- A Cognitive-Social Look at Physicians and Patients
- Stress and Health
- Lifestyle Factors I: Health, Food, and Exercise
- Lifestyles II: The Invisible Drugs
- Pain and Health Psychology
- Modern Epidemics: Cardiovascular Disease
- Cancer and AIDS: The Dreaded Diseases
- The Widening Scope of Health Psychology
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
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