Susan Ayers, Richard De Visser

Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As our understanding of what constitutes 'good health' grows, so does our need to understand the psychological aspects of medicine and health, as well as the psychological interventions available in healthcare. This new edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the research, theory, application and current practices in the field, covering topics from epigenetics to social determinants of health and transdiagnostic approaches to mental health and everything in between. An essential read for all medicine and healthcare students, this text is now accompanied by a suite of online resources for all your learning needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529760514
• Artikelnr.: 60534613

Autorenporträt

Susan Ayers

Susan is a psychologist specialising in wellbeing and mental health during pregnancy and after birth. She is a professor at City, University of London in the School of Health Sciences, a chartered health psychologist and cognitive behaviour therapist. Since obtaining her PhD from the University of London, Susan worked at St. George's Hospital Medical School (London) and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (Sussex) before moving to City, University of London. Susan is co-author of Psychology for Medicine (2011), and Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (Sage, 2017) and editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2007, 2019). She has given numerous invited lectures and workshops and was awarded the Annual Lecturer Prize by the Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Psychology and medicine
Section I: Psychology and Health
Chapter 2: Motivation, emotion, and health
Chapter 3: Stress and health
Chapter 4: Symptoms and illness
Chapter 5: Health and behaviour
Chapter 6: Chronic illness, death, and dying
Section II: Basic Foundations of Psychology
Chapter 7: Brain and behaviour
Chapter 8: Psychosocial development across the lifespan
Chapter 9: Social psychology
Chapter 10: Cognitive psychology
Section III: Body Systems
Chapter 11: Immunity and protection
Chapter 12: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chapter 13: Gastrointestinal health
Chapter 14: Reproduction and endocrinology
Chapter 15: Genitourinary medicine
Chapter 16: Psychiatry and neurology
Section IV: Healthcare Practice
Chapter 17: Evidence-based practice
Chapter 18: Clinical interviewing
Chapter 19: Psychological intervention