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Health psychology : a biopsychosocial approach / Richard O. Straub, University of Michigan, Dearborn.
Author
Straub, Richard O. (Richard Otto)
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Fifth edition.
Published/Created
New York : Worth Publishers, Macmillan Learning, [2017]
Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 26 cm
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R726.5 .S783 2017
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Clinical health psychology
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Health behavior
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Social medicine
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Summary note
Richard Straub's "Health Psychology", Fifth Edition, shows students how psychology and health are interconnected. Using real-world examples, Straub encourages students to make meaningful connections between the science of health psychology and their own everyday experience. "Health Psychology" is comprehensive in its approach and incorporates the latest research as it examines the field's main ideas and models a scientific way of thinking about those ideas. -- From publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foundations of health psychology. Introducing health psychology
Research in health psychology
Biological foundations of health and illness
Stress and health. Stress
Coping with stress
Behavior and health. Staying healthy : primary prevention and positive psychology
Exercise, sleep, and injury control
Nutrition, obesity, and eating disorders
Substance use, abuse, and addiction
Chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Cancer
HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases
Seeking treatment. The role of health psychology in seeking and obtaining health care
Managing pain
Complementary and alternative medicine
Health psychology today and tomorrow.
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ISBN
9781319015862 ((hardback))
1319015867 ((hardback))
LCCN
2016955197
OCLC
963974974
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