Psychology For Nurses And The Caring Professions
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2012
322 pages
978-0-335-24392-1 (ISBN)
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This book introduces students and practitioners to psychological knowledge and understanding for clinical contexts, with emphasis on enhancing care.
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Content
- Intro
- Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface
- Dedication and acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Psychology in health and social care
- Key topics
- Introduction
- What is psychology?
- Why is psychology important in health and social care?
- Schools of thought in psychology
- Psychology as a science
- Psychology in practice
- Making effective use of this book
- Introduction to the 'psychosoap'
- Further reading
- Chapter 2 Perceptions of self and others
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Stereotyping and attitude formation
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sources of negative bias in social perception
- Attribution theory
- The self-concept
- Self-image
- Personality
- Further reading
- Chapter 3 Development and change across the lifespan
- Key topics
- Introduction
- The development of thinking and understanding
- Social development
- Development in adolescence
- Development in adult life
- Development in later life
- Approaching life's end
- Further reading
- Chapter 4 Improving memory, understanding and communication
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Retaining verbal information
- Long-term memory
- Talking about 'unwelcome news'
- Improving written information
- Effects of ageing on memory and understanding
- Further reading
- Chapter 5 Learning and behaviour
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Classical conditioning
- Operant (instrumental)conditioning
- Phobias
- Lifestyle and behaviour
- Changing behaviour
- Self-modification
- Social learning
- Learned helplessness
- Further reading
- Chapter 6 Social influences and interactions
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Persuasion
- Obedience
- Conformity
- Helping others
- Non-verbal communication
- Managing conflict
- Group interactions
- Further reading
- Chapter 7 Stress and coping
- Key topics
- Introduction
- What is stress?
- The transactional model of stre ss and coping
- Coping
- Health risks associated with stress
- Controllability
- Social support
- Other moderators of appraisal and coping
- Stress in specific contexts
- The prevention and management of stress
- Further reading
- Chapter 8 Emotional well-being
- Key topics
- Introduction
- The nature of emotions
- Resilience
- Dealing with negative emotions
- Psychological therapies
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- The experience of loss
- Further reading
- Chapter 9 Psychology applied to health and illness
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Understanding health,illness and disease
- The health belief model (HBM)
- The theory of planned behaviour (TPB)
- Stages of change
- Self-regulatory theory
- The motivational interview
- Medical help-seeking
- Understanding chronic illness
- Principles of self-management
- Further reading
- Chapter 10 Pain: reducing suffering
- Key topics
- Introduction
- Learning to understand and interpret pain
- The gate control theory of pain
- Placebo and nocebo responses
- Psychological principles of pain assessment
- Managing pain
- Psychological issues in acute pain
- Pain management towards the end of life
- Chronic benign pain
- Pain management resources
- Case study:Pam
- Further reading
- Glossary
- References
- Index
