Front cover -- Psychologyfor Health Professionals -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the editor -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Psychology: an introduction -- Introduction -- Psychology -- Theories of personality and human behaviour -- Personality and behaviour: nature versus nurture -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 Lifespan: the early years (birth to adolescence) -- Introduction -- Types of theorising about development -- Summary of theorising -- Major influences on developmental changes -- Stages, ages and milestones of development -- Conclusion -- Further resources -- Weblinks -- References -- CHAPTER 3 Lifespan: middle and later years (adulthood to ageing) -- Introduction -- Milestones of adulthood -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Health and health psychology -- Introduction -- What is health? -- What is health psychology? -- Health psychology for health professionals -- Understanding health behaviours -- Influences on health behaviours -- Social influences on health -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 The social contextof behaviour -- Introduction -- The history and the formation of the social determinants of health -- Theoretical models for understanding the social determinants of health -- Social determinants of health and psychology -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 Research for health professionals -- Introduction -- Healthcare research: an overview -- Research paradigms -- Health professionals as consumers of research -- Accessing research findings -- Analysis and critique of research reports -- Evidence-based healthcare practice -- Research ethics in healthcare practice -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 7 Behaviour change -- Introduction -- Health-enhancing behaviours: what are they? -- Health-enhancing behaviours: why focus on them? -- Health psychology: theories and models.

Learning theories -- Limitations of psychological models -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 Communication in healthcare practice -- Introduction -- Factors influencing effectiveness -- Applying counselling models in a healthcare setting -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 Partnerships in health -- Introduction -- Compliance adherence or partnership? -- Making decisions about one's own health -- Explaining health issues -- Being active in one's own healthcare -- Physician compliance: a different point of view -- The patient or health professional from a different culture -- Every health professional-patient interaction is unique -- What is caring? -- The context of the health professional-patient relationship -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 10 Stress and coping -- Introduction -- What is stress? -- Stress as a response, stimulus or process -- Stress as a process -- Stress myths -- Effects of stress on health -- Psychological effects of stress -- Coping -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 11 Loss -- Introduction -- Defining loss -- Types of loss -- Responses to loss -- Responding to those who are grieving -- Complicated grief -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 12 Pain -- Introduction -- What is pain? -- Biopsychosocial models of pain -- Acute versus chronic pain -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 13 Health promotion -- What is health promotion? -- History of health promotion -- Levels of intervention -- Primary, secondary and tertiary interventions -- Evidence for health promotion -- Health promotion approaches -- Challenges of a health promotion approach -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index.

This book provides an introduction to psychology for allied health students and it encourages an understanding of the complex and interactive nature of the factors which influence an individual's health behaviours and health outcomes. Through the use of real life examples, contemporary research and case studies students will be able to apply the material in the text to the health behaviours of the people they care for, their colleagues and themselves. Unlike many health psychology textbooks this new book examines individual personality and psychological theory within the social context of people's lives. This approach is taken because of the increasing awareness that a person's behaviour is not only influenced by internal biological and psychological factors, but also by external factors within the person's social and physical environment. The first half of the book outlines psychological and other relevant theory whilst in the second half those theories are applied to health issues and healthcare practice. Chapters 1-5 presents psychological, lifespan and social theory; chapter 6 addresses the role and contribution of research to healthcare practice; and chapters 7-13 covers the psychological aspects of specific health encounters, issues and interventions. developmental psychology - theories of development and how do we study development along with problems of researching early lifespan development are also discussed. Behavioural interventions with children, adolescents and their families are highlighted models and theories which provide an understanding of and suggest strategies to change health behaviours are presented, as are explanations for human responses to stress, pain and loss critical thinking questions, case studies and examples of research are included throughout the text to encourage students to reflect on the application of theory.

to practice, and activities are provided for lecturers to use in the classroom learning objectives, critical reflection boxes, diagrams and figures to enhance learning, cases studies from different health professions, chapter summaries, glossaries, recommended reading lists, internet based resources, challenge questions and exercises Evolve website - the activities, case studies, testbanks and powerpoint presentations will complete the package and further demonstrate the integration of psychological principles within the health context.

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