Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology
A Practical Guide to Effective Interventions
2nd Edition
Published in December 1998
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658 pages
978-0-88937-177-4 (ISBN)
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This working reference manual for primary health care providers and health psychologists first discusses how to perform an effective clinical interview of the patient, practical psychometric assessment procedures and other issues. Detailed chapters then address the most important medical conditions dealt with by psychologists, such as cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, chronic pain, diabetes, endocrine and gastrointestinal problems, AIDS, MS and obstetric and gynecological conditions. The authors also discuss in detail how to promote effective methods which enable patients to cope with their medical conditions, including individual, group and community involvement with traditional and alternative health methods, as well as risk reduction in minority populations.
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Section 1 Foundations of practice: health psychology and medicine - the art and science of healing; assessment approaches in health psychology - issues and practical considerations. Section 2 Physical systems and presenting problems: clinical cardiac psychology; COPD and other respiratory diseases; chronic pain management; dental-related problems and health psychology; diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders; gastrointestinal conditions and disorders; human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; multiple sclerosis; obstetric and gynaecological conditions; oncology; urological disorders. Section 3 Health and illness - community, social, spiritual and creative involvement: family, friends and community - the role of social support in promoting health; spirituality, religion and the experience of illness; medical art therapy - using imagery and visual expression in healing; reduction of health risk in minority populations.