The eighth edition of Health Psychology highlights health issues that face the college student and his or her family through both accessible research examples and profiles of interventions. Drawing on current, cutting-edge research, the text highlights health issues relevant to the college students immediate and global environment such as coping with stress, maintaining physical health, and making decisions about alcohol and smoking. This edition contains clear descriptions of current research into the prevention, treatment, and causes (social, genetic, and biological) of specific health related disorders.
PREFACE PART ONE - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 1 - What Is Health Psychology? CHAPTER 2 - The Systems of the Body PART TWO - HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND PRIMARY PREVENTION CHAPTER 3 - Health Behaviors CHAPTER 4 - Specific Health-Related Behaviors CHAPTER 5 - Health-Compromising Behaviors: Alcoholism and Smoking PART THREE - STRESS AND COPING CHAPTER 6 - Stress CHAPTER 7 - Moderators of the Stress Experience PART FOUR - THE PATIENT IN THE TREATMENT SETTING CHAPTER 8 - Using Health Services CHAPTER 9 - Patient-Provider Relations CHAPTER 10 - The Management of Pain and Discomfort PART FIVE - MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AND TERMINAL ILLNESS CHAPTER 11 - Management of Chronic Illness CHAPTER 12 - Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness CHAPTER 13 - Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, and Type II Diabetes CHAPTER 14 - Psychoneuroimmunology and Immune-Related Disorders PART SIX - TOWARD THE FUTURE CHAPTER 15 - Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future GLOSSARY REFERENCES CREDITS NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX