Health Psychology: Challenging the Biomedical Model by Charles L. Sheridan
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Health Psychology
Summary
An examination of the present state of health psychology, which differentiates between the biomedical model and the biopsychosocial model. Emphasis is placed on the urgent need to change present models in order to cope with the psychological health changes of the 21st century.
Health Psychology Summary
Table of Contents
Changing Paradigms in Health and Health Care; Introduction to Health Psychology; Thinking Critically About Health-Related Research; Psychobiological Mechanisms of Health and Disease; Psychological and Behavioral Therapies in Health Psychology; A Cognitive-Social Look at Physicians and Patients; Stress and Health; Lifestyle Factors I: Health, Food, and Exercise; Lifestyles II: The Invisible Drugs; Pain and Health Psychology; Modern Epidemics: Cardiovascular Disease; Cancer and AIDS: The Dreaded Diseases; The Widening Scope of Health Psychology; Glossary; References; Index.
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GOR002613762
9780471559139
047155913X
Health Psychology: Challenging the Biomedical Model by Charles L. Sheridan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19920117
410
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