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The second edition of Richard Straub's "Health Psychology" explores the psychology behind why we get sick, how we stay well, how we react to illness and how we relate to the health care system and health care providers "Health Psychology" features superior coverage of major trends in the field, including the mind-body connection, alternative medicine, cross-cultural interactions, women's health and health across the lifespan. "Health Psychology" also emphasizes critical thinking and real-world applications..
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Edward P. Sarafino's Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions, 6e integrates research and theory from many disciplines-- such as, psychology, sociology, medicine, allied health, and health and physical education--to describe the interconnectedness between psychology and health. The psychological research cited in the text reflects an eclectic orientation and supports a variety of behavioral, physiological, cognitive, and social/personality viewpoints. Sarafino integrates a focus on lifespan development in health and illness throughout the text.

Emphasis is also placed on health and prevention while integrating gender, ethnic, and age differences and similarities. In addition, the book has an internationalized content, giving health information from 14 countries around the world..
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This completely updated third edition guides readers through the art of successful aging. Leading aging expert Susan Krauss Whitbourne focuses on how individuals can take an active role in their aging processes and make it a rewarding developmental period, filled with vitality and creativity. Written in a more conversational style, the book combines research and applied perspectives, providing an even balance between biological, social, cognitive, and personality theory as it relates to adulthood and aging..
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This text fills a void in social work literature by offering a comprehensive, in-depth overview of health and mental health care policy. Health and Mental Health Care Policy provides an overview of the development of health and mental health policy in the United States, with a particular focus on the failure to achieve universal coverage. It also discusses the role of private and public insurance and examines uninsured populations. Finally, the text examines managed care in health and mental health and its impact on social work..
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The biopsychosocial model for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of disease has continued to develop since its inception in the mid-twentieth century by Dr. George Engel. The tripartite model is based on general systems theory, and allows for a clinician to get a comprehensive picture of the physical, mental and environmental influences on a patient's health (the authors stress the importance of the concept of an interpersonal clinician-patient relationship). This model of mental health is particularly useful during the initial interviewing and patient presentation processes, during which time the practitioner hopes to gather as much useful information as possible about a new patient.

Interestingly enough, it is often not the collection of data, but the organization, matching, and formulation of information gathered during an interview that presents the clinician with the greater challenge. The Biopsychosocial Formulation Manual is intended to help beginning clinicians and trainees to more efficiently gather, organize, assess and diagnose a patient's history and current illness. The manual is designed to first help the clinician with the initial gathering of data, and secondly to later construct a bio-psycho-social formulation. The text is comprised of five major sections (The Biological Formulation, The Psychological Formulation, The Social Formulation, Risk Assessment, and Prognosis). An easy-to-use Biopsychosocial Formulation Database Record is included in the text, giving the reader a useful resource wherein she can record, organize and begin an analysis of data from both patient interview and chart review data. Inserted in each copy of the book will be a companion CD-Rom disc, containing electronic versions of such useful materials as the aforementioned Database Record, many of the tables and charts found within the text, and other valuable tools..
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Key Benefit: Gives students the “how to” of actually doing social work with elders, not just assessing or understanding the process of aging. The topic of spirituality is rarely covered in texts on social work with elders and is required of health care facilities—and yet social workers must do a spirituality assessment as required by federal licensing officials. Material on a comprehensive assessment of older adults shows students what a good (but not overdone) assessment looks like and how the information can be helpful in their practice. Key Topics: Has a social work perspective exclusively focusing on the process of assessment through the design and implementation of interventions. Includes not only information on spiritual well-being and how to assess it but also chapters on incorporating elder spirituality in the process of intervention. Entire chapter is devoted to the process and conditions for performing assessments and an example is given of a comprehensive assessment. Market: This book is important for anyone working closely with elders who could benefit from information on assessing strengths and designing and executing problem-solving interventions..
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Biopsychosocial to the core.

To truly understand the interconnections between psychology and health, you've got to take a look at the whole person. That's why Edward Sarafino's thoroughly updated Fifth Edition examines the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in people's health.

Sarafino presents the most current thinking in the field, drawing on recent research and theory from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and biology. Throughout, the text explores life-span development in health and illness, as well as health and health-related behavior of people throughout the world.

This revised new Fifth Edition provides up-to-date coverage of such timely topics as:
* How stress affects health
* Coping processes and effects on health
* Stages of change and motivational interviewing in health promotion
* Substance abuse processes, prevention, and treatment
* Weight control
* Complementary and alternative medicine
* Pain conditions and treatment
* Medical and psychosocial interventions for chronic illnesses
* Age, gender, and sociocultural differences in health and health promotion.
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Harm reduction is a framework for helping drug and alcohol users who cannot or will not stop completely the majority of users reduce the harmful consequences of use. Harm reduction accepts that abstinence may be the best outcome for many but relaxes the emphasis on abstinence as the only acceptable goal and criterion of success. Instead, smaller incremental changes in the direction of reduced harmfulness of drug use are accepted. This book will show how these simple changes in emphasis and expectation have dramatic implications for improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in many ways..
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Medically unexplained illnesses are among the most common disorders in primary medical care today. Accordingly, there has been a recent surge of interest in the physiology of such illnesses as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and multiple chemical sensitivity. But biomedical models can only go so far toward understanding a group of painful and often frustrating symptoms. Author Susan K. Johnson surveys the most recent research on how psychological, social, and physiological factors may interact and contribute to the development of symptoms. This volume will appeal to both psychologists and health care professionals interested in more fully understanding the interaction between mind and body in medically unexplained illness..
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