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Health psychology : biopsychosocial interactions
- Title
- Health psychology : biopsychosocial interactions / Edward P. Sarafino.
- Author
- Sarafino, Edward P., 1940-
- Publication
- New York : Wiley, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | R726.7 .S27 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 592 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Utilizing the biopsychosocial model as the basic explanatory theme for health and health care, this study outlines a systems approach which is complemented by the integration of life-span development in health and illness.
- Subject
- Clinical health psychology
- National health services
- Lifestyles
- Biological psychiatry
- Health behavior
- Psychophysiology
- Health Services
- Life Style
- Biological Psychiatry
- Health Behavior
- Psychophysiology
- State Medicine
- National health services
- Lifestyles
- Health behavior
- Biological psychiatry
- Clinical health psychology
- Medische psychologie
- Santé > Psychologie
- Troubles fonctionnels (médecine)
- Stress > Psychologie
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-558) and indexes.
- Contents
- An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processes -- An Overview of Psychology and Health -- What Is Health? -- An Illness/Wellness Continuum -- Illness Today and in the Past -- Viewpoints from History: Physiology, Disease Processes, and the Mind -- Early Cultures -- Ancient Greece and Rome -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and After -- Seeing a Need: Psychology's Role in Health -- Problems in the Health Care System -- "The Person" in Health and Illness -- Assess Yourself: What's Your Lifestyle Like? -- How the Role of Psychology Emerged -- Clinical Methods and Issues: Behaviorism's Legacy -- Progress in Health Psychology's Goals -- Health Psychology: The Profession -- Current Perspectives on Health and Illness -- The Biopsychosocial Perspective -- Life-Span and Gender Perspectives -- Relating Health Psychology to Other Science Fields -- Related Fields -- Health and Psychology across Cultures -- Highlight: Related Nonpsychology Careers -- Research Methods -- Experiments -- Correlational Studies -- Quasi-Experimental Studies -- Genetics Research -- The Body's Physical Systems -- The Nervous System -- How the Nervous System Works -- The Central Nervous System -- The Peripheral Nervous System -- Clinical Methods and Issues: Biofeedback Treatment for Paralysis -- The Endocrine System -- The Endocrine and Nervous Systems Working Together -- Adrenal Glands -- Other Glands -- The Digestive System -- Food's Journey Through Digestive Organs -- Highlight: Our Physiological Individuality -- Using Nutrients in Metabolism.
- ISBN
- 0471585491
- 9780471585497
- 0471305790
- 9780471305798
- LCCN
- 93008377
- OCLC
- ocm28147146
- 28147146
- SCSB-2026724
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library