Health psychology

Taylor, Shelley E. (author.). Sirois, Fuschia M., 1961- (author.).

Summary: With CONNECT the 3rd Canadian edition of Taylor/Sirois' Health Psychology offers students and instructors an interactive learning experience. The interactive eBook allows for immediate application as embedded videos and activities are available to heighten comprehension and engagement. Health Psychology presents the depth of the field and the behavioural science behind the findings; including major focuses on improving our health care system, caring for our aging population (boomers), and the behavioural components and risk factors for disease prevention and health promotion.

Record details

ISBN: 9781259024788
ISBN: 1259024784
Physical Description: print
xxvi, 491 pages, 113 variously numbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Edition: Third Canadian edition.
Publisher: [Toronto] : McGraw-Hill Ryerson, [[2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:

New March 2015.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to health psychology -- What is health psychology? -- How has our view of the mind-body relationship changed over time? -- What is the bio-psychosocial model of health? -- Why is the field of health psychology needed? -- What is the purpose of health psychology training? -- The systems of the body -- What is the function of the nervous system? -- How does the endocrine system operate? -- What is the cardiovascular system? -- What is the function of the immune system? -- What are the physiological systems involved in the stress response? -- Health behaviour and primary prevention -- What is health promotion? -- Why are health behaviours important? -- What theories and models are used for understanding health behaviour change? -- How are cognitive-behavioural approaches used to change health behaviours? -- How can other methods be used to change health behaviours? -- Preventive and health-promoting behaviours -- What are preventable injuries? -- What are cancer-related health behaviours? -- How does exercise enhance health? -- Why is maintaining a healthy weight important? -- How is sleep related to health? -- Health-compromising behaviours -- What are the characteristics of health-compromising behaviours? -- What is substance dependence? -- How do alcoholism and problem drinking compromise health? -- How is smoking harmful for health and what factors influence smoking? -- What are eating disorders? -- Stress and coping -- What is stress? -- What theories and models are used to study stress? -- What makes events stressful? -- How has stress been assessed? -- What are the sources of chronic stress? -- Moderators of the stress experience -- What is coping? -- What are external coping resources? -- What are coping outcomes? -- How does social support affect stress? -- What are coping interventions? -- The patient in the treatment setting -- Using health services -- How do we recognize and interpret symptoms? -- What predicts the use of health services? -- How are health services misused? -- How does hospitalization impact the patient? -- How can control be increased in hospital settings? -- Patient-provider relations -- What is a health care provider? -- Why is patient-provider communication important? -- How can we improve patient-provider communication? -- What is treatment non-adherence and how can it be reduced? -- What is the placebo effect? -- Pain and its management -- What is the significance of pain? -- Why is pain difficult to study? -- What are the clinical issues in pain management? -- What techniques are used to control pain? -- How is chronic pain managed -- Management of chronic and terminal illness -- Living with chronic illness -- Living with chronic illness -- What is quality of life? -- What are the different responses to chronic illness? -- How is the self changed by chronic disease? -- How do people cope with and manage chronic illness? -- What psychological interventions are used to manage chronic illness? -- Psychological issues in advancing and terminal illness -- How does death differ across the lifespan? -- What are the psychological issues in advancing illness? -- Are there stages in adjustment to dying? -- What are the concerns in the psychological management of the terminally ill? -- What are the alternatives to hospital care for the terminally ill? -- Heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes -- What is coronary heart disease? -- What is hypertension? -- What is a stroke? -- What is diabetes? -- Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, cancer, and arthritis -- What is psychoneuroimmunology? -- What is AIDS? -- What is cancer? -- What is arthritis? -- Toward the future -- Health psychology: Challenges for the future -- What is healthy aging? -- What are the issues in chronic illness management for the future? -- Where is stress research headed? -- What is the future of health services? -- Glossary -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.