Research Catalog

Title

Health psychology / Hymie Anisman.

Author

Anisman, Hymie

Publication

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016.

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Details

Description

xiii, 520 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Mapped to course requirements and exploring psycho-sexual and bio-social approaches, this work helps the reader explore the varied ways in which the biological, physiological and social factors at an individual and systematic level all affect psychology and how effective interventions can influence the health of a population.

Series Statement

Sage foundations of psychology

Uniform Title

Sage foundations of psychology series

Subject

• Clinical health psychology
• Medicine and psychology
• Health behavior
• Health promotion
• Health and Fitness
• Medicine and psychology
• Health promotion
• Health behavior
• Clinical health psychology
• Health and Wellbeing
• Behavioral Medicine
• Health Behavior
• Health Promotion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-507) and index.

Contents

1. Health Psychology Described. -- 2. Methodological Approaches in Health Psychology. -- 3. Biological Systems and Functioning. -- 4. The Stress Process. -- 5. Neurobiological Stress Responses. -- 6. Healthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Behaviours and Behavioural Change. -- 7. Life Style Factors. -- 8. Cardiovascular Illness and Related Disorders. -- 9. Diabetes. -- 10. Immune-Related Disorders. -- 11. Cancer. -- 12. Pain. -- 13. Addiction. -- 14. Major Physical Illness. -- 15. Dealing with Illness. -- 16. Caregiving, Death and Grief. -- 17. From Molecules, to Individuals, to Communities, to Policy.

ISBN

• 9781473918979
• 1473918979
• 9781473918986
• 1473918987

LCCN

2015948860

OCLC

• ocn929544297
• 929544297
• SCSB-9658043

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library