Part I. Psychology, health and illness. - Section I. Psychological aspects of health and illness. - Adolescent lifestyle / Leif Edvard Aarø. - Age and physical functioning / Gail Williamson and David Shaffer. - Age and cognitive functioning / David Shaffer and Gail Williamson. - Ageing and health / Elaine Leventhal. - Architecture and health / Angela Liegey Dougall / Stacie Spencer and Andrew Baum. - Attributions and health / Yael Benyamini, Howard Leventhal and Elaine Leventhal. - Childhood influences on health / Julie Turner-Cobb. - Children's perceptions of illness and death / Richard Boles and Michael Roberts. - Coping with bereavement / Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut and Wolfgang Stroebe. - Coping with chronic illness / Keith Petrie and Lisa Reynolds. - Coping with chronic pain / Naomi Lester [and others]. - Coping with death and dying / Colin Murray Parkes. - Coping with stressful medical procedures / Yael Benyamini. - Cultural and ethnic factors in health Delay in seeking help Diet and health Disability Emotional expression and health Expectations and health Gender issues and women's health The health belief model Health-related behaviours : common factors Hospitalization in adults Hospitalization in children Hostility and Type A behaviour in coronary artery disease Lay beliefs about health and illness Life events and health Men's health Noise : effects on health / John Berry and David Sam -- / Suzanne Scott -- / Jane Ogden -- / Timothy Elliott and Laura Dreer -- / Richard Slatcher and James Pennebaker -- / James Maddux -- / Jane Ussher -- / Charles Abraham and Paschal Sheeran -- / Timothy Carmody -- / Rachael Powell and Marie Johnston -- / Thomas Whelan -- / Willem Kop and David Krantz -- / Howard Leventhal, Yael Benyamini and Cristina Shafer -- / Tirril Harris -- / Christina Lee and Glynn Owens -- / Staffan Hygge --

Pain : a multidimensional perspective Perceived control Personality and health Physical activity and health Placebos Psychoneuroimmunology Psychosomatics Quality of life Religion and health Risk perception and health behaviour Self-efficacy in health functioning Sexual risk behaviour Sleep and health Social support and health Socioeconomic status and health Stigma Stress and health Symptom perception / Dennis Turk and Tasha Burwinkle -- / Kenneth Wallston -- / Stephanie Stone and Robert McCrae -- / Neville Owen, Kym Spathonis and Eva Leslie -- / Irving Kirsch -- / Elizabeth Bachen, Sheldon Cohen and Anna Marsland -- / Christopher Bass -- / Lena Ring -- / Karen Hye-cheon Kim and Harold Koenig -- / Baruch Fischhoff -- / Albert Bandura -- / Lorraine Sherr -- / Jason Ellis -- / Thomas Wills and Michael Ainette -- / Lion Shahab -- / Robert West and Ainsley Hardy -- / Susan Ayers and Andrew Steptoe -- Theory of planned behaviour Transtheoretical model of behaviour change Unemployment and health Psychological assessment -- Brain imaging and function Communication assessment Coping assessment Diagnostic interviews and clinical practice Disability assessment Health cognition assessment Health status assessment Illness cognition assessment IQ testing Assessment of mood Neuropsychological assessment Neuropsychological assessment of attention and executive functioning / Elizabeth Broadbent and Keith Petrie -- / Stephen Sutton -- / Stephen Sutton -- / Stanislav Kasl and Beth Jones -- / Erin Bigler -- / Linda Worrall -- / Ellen Skinner -- / Richard Rogers and Peggilee Wupperman -- / Raymond Fitzpatrick -- / Brian McMillan and Mark Conner -- / Ann Bowling -- / Ad Kaptein and Elizabeth Broadbent -- / Robert Sternberg -- / Michele Tugade, Tamlin Conner and Lisa Feldman Barrett -- / Jane Powell -- Section II.

Neuropsychological assessment of learning and memory Pain assessment / Melissa Lamar and Amir Raz -- / Nancy Chiaravalloti / Amanda O'Brien and John DeLuca -- / Sandra Waters / Kim Dixon, Lisa Caitlin Perri and Francis Keefe Donna Posluszny / Stacie Spencer and Andrew Baum. - Postnatal depression / Sandra Elliott. - Pregnancy and childbirth / Lyn Quine and Liz Steadman. - Premature babies / Heather Mohay. - Premenstrual syndrome / Jane Ussher. - Psoriasis / Catherine O'Leary. - Radiotherapy / Sara Faithfull. - Rape and sexual assault / Irene Frieze and Maureen McHugh. - Reconstructive and cosmetic surgery / Nichola Rumsey. - Renal failure, dialysis and transplantation / Keith Petrie. - Repetitive strain injury / Gerard van Galen. - Rheumatoid arthritis / Kathleen Mulligan and Stanton Newman. - Road traffic accidents : human factors / Frank McKenna. - Screening : antenatal / Elizabeth Dormandy. - Screening : cancer / Kevin McCaul and Amber Koblitz. - Screening : cardiac / Alethea Cooper. - Screening : genetic / Shoshana Shiloh. - Self-examination : breasts, testicles / Glynn Owens. - Sexual dysfunction / Patricia Morokoff. - Sexually transmitted infections / Barbara Hedge. - Sickle cell disease / James Elander. - Skin disorders / Ulrich Stangier. - Sleep apnoea / Jane Harrington. - Sleep disorders / Jason Ellis. - Spina bifida / Ineke Pit-ten Cate and Jim Stevenson.

Spinal cord injury / Paul Kennedy. - Sterilization and vasectomy / Robert Edelmann. - Stroke / John Pimm. - Stuttering / Peggy Dalton and Frances Cook. - Suicide / David Lester. - Tinnitus / Gerhard Andersson. - Tobacco use / Robert West and Ainsley Hardy. - Toxins : environmental / Gerhard Winneke. - Transplantation / Konstadina Griva and Stanton Newman. - Urinary tract symptoms / Martin Cartwright and Mark Emberton. - Vertigo and dizziness / Lucy Yardley. - Vision disorders / Beth Grunfeld. - Voice disorders / Ruth Epstein. - Volatile substance abuse / Michael Gossop. - Vomiting and nausea / David J. de L. Horne and Elizabeth Coombes. - Cancer : prostate / Stephen Lepore and Katherine Roberts. - Cancer : skin / Ron Borland and Suzanne Dobbinson. - Carotid artery disease and treatment / Jan Stygall and Stanton Newman. - Chemotherapy / Ingela Thuné-Boyle. - Child abuse and neglect / Kevin Browne and Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis. - Chromosomal abnormalities / Jeremy Turk. - Chronic fatigue syndrome / Ruth Cairns and Trudie Chalder. - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) : chronic bronchitis and emphysema / Ad Kaptein and Klaus Rabe. - Cleft lip and palate / Brent Collett and Matthew Speltz. - Cold, common / Anna Marsland, Sheldon Cohen and Elizabeth Bachen. - Complementary medicine / Felicity Bishop and George Lewith. - Contraception / Beth Alder. - Coronary heart disease : impact / Paul Bennett.

Coronary heart disease : cardiac psychology / Robert Allan, Stephen Scheidt and Christopher Smith. - Coronary heart disease : heart failure. - Coronary heart disease : rehabilitation Coronary heart disease : surgery Cystic fibrosis Deafness and hearing loss Dementias Diabetes mellitus Domestic violence, intimate partner violence and wife battering Drug dependency : benzodiazepines Drug dependence : opiates and stimulants Drugs : beta-blockers Drugs : psychotropic medication Dyslexia Eating disorders Eczema Endocrine disorders Enuresis / Kathleen Mulligan and Stanton Newman -- / Robert Lewin -- / Jan Stygall and Stanton Newman -- / Claire Glasscoe -- / Laurence McKenna and David Scott -- / Jenny Rusted -- / Alison Woodcock and Clare Bradley -- / Irene Frieze and Maureen McHugh -- / Heather Ashton -- / Michael Gossop -- / Sari Holmes and David Krantz -- / Andrew Scholey, Andy Parrott and David Kennedy -- / Christine Temple -- / Eric Stice and Heather Shaw -- / David J. de L. Horne and Elizabeth Coombes -- / Eric Storch and Gary Geffken -- / Martin Herbert -- Epilepsy Epstein-Barr virus infection Facial disfigurement and dysmorphology Fetal wellbeing : monitoring and assessment Gastric and duodenal ulcers Growth retardation Haemophilia Head injury Headache and migraine Herpes HIV/AIDS Hormone replacement therapy Hospital acquired infection Huntington's disease Hyperactivity Hypertension Hyperthyroidism Hyperventilation Hysterectomy Immunization / Graham Scambler -- / Rona Moss-Morris and Meagan Spence -- / Nichola Rumsey -- / Peter Hepper, James Dornan and Dan McKenna -- / Paul Bennett -- / Michael Preece -- / Ivana Marková -- / Erin Bigler -- / Bjørn Ellertsen -- / John Green -- / Michael Antoni and Adam Carrico -- / Christine Stephens -- / Jan Stygall and Stanton Newman -- / Maurice Bloch -- / Bjørn Ellertsen and Ine

Incontinence Infertility Inflammatory bowel disease Intensive care unit Intimate examinations Irritable bowel syndrome Lymphoedema Malaria Mastalgia (breast pain) Meningitis Menopause and postmenopause MMR vaccine Motor neurone disease Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Neurofibromatosis Non-cardiac chest pain Obesity Oral care and hygiene Osteoarthritis / Roger Booth -- / Siobhan Hart -- / Annette Stanton and Julia Woodward -- / Paul Bennett -- / Christina Jones and Richard Griffiths -- / Penelope Cream -- / Paul Bennett -- / Anne Williams -- / Julie Carter -- / Antonio Millet and Frederick Dirbas -- / Julie Carter -- / Myra Hunter -- / Emily Buckley -- / Laura Goldstein -- / Rona Moss-Morris / Kirsten van Kessel and Emma Witt -- / Ruth Epstein -- / Rosalie Ferner -- / Christopher Bass -- / Jennifer Thomas and Kelly Brownell -- / Gerry Humphris -- / Isidro Villanueva and Alex Zautra -- Osteoporosis Parkinson's disease Pelvic pain Post-traumatic stress disorder / Myra Hunter -- / Marjan Jahanshahi -- / Robert Edwards and Jennifer Haythornthwaite -- Patient satisfaction assessment / Susan Eisen. - Psychoneuroimmunology assessments / Andrew Baum and Angela Liegey Dougall. - Qualitative assessment / Felicity Bishop and Lucy Yardley. - Quality of life assessment / Ann Bowling. - Social support assessment / Brian Lakey and Jay Cohen. - Stress assessment / Andrew Baum and Angela Liegey Dougall.

Section III. Psychological intervention. - Behaviour therapy / Gerald Davison. - Biofeedback / Robert Gatchel / Carl Noe and Raymond Gaeta. - Cognitive behaviour therapy / Andrew Eagle and Michael Worrell. - Community-based interventions / Deborah Polk, Christie King and Kenneth Heller. - Counselling / Robert Bor and John Allen. - Group therapy / Peter Hajek. - Health promotion / Gerjo Kok. - Hypnosis / Michael Heap. - Motivational interviewing / Janet Treasure and Esther Maissi. - Neuropsychological rehabilitation / Barbara Wilson. - Pain management / Stephen Morley. - Physical activity interventions Psychodynamic psychotherapy Psychosocial care of the elderly Relaxation training Self-management interventions Social support interventions Stress management Worksite interventions Healthcare practice -- Adherence to treatment Attitudes of health professionals Breaking bad news Burnout in health professionals Communicating risk Healthcare professional-patient communication Healthcare work environments Informed consent / Michael Ussher -- / Jo-anne Carlyle -- / Jennifer Morse and Charles Reynolds, III -- / Michael Bruch -- / Kathleen Mulligan and Stanton Newman -- / Benjamin Gottlieb -- / Dianna Kenny -- / Paul Estabrooks and Russell Glasgow -- / Rob Horne -- / Hannah McGee -- / Katherine Joekes -- / Christina Maslach -- / David French and Theresa Marteau -- / John Weinman -- / Rudolf Moos, Jeanne Schaefer and Bernice Moos -- / Robin Fiore -- Section IV.

Interprofessional education in essence Medical decision-making Medical interviewing Patient-centred healthcare Patient safety and iatrogenesis Patient satisfaction Psychological support for healthcare professionals Reassurance Screening in healthcare : general issues Shiftwork and health Stress in health professionals Surgery Teaching communication skills Written communication Abortion Accidents and unintentional injuries Acne / Hugh Barr -- / Clare Harries and Peter Ayton -- / Jonathan Silverman -- / Peter Bower and Nicki Mead -- / Maria Woloshynowych and Charles Vincent -- / Raymond Fitzpatrick -- / Valerie Sutherland -- / Patricia Loft, Geraldine Meechan and Keith Petrie -- / Anne Miles -- / Katharine Parkes -- / Chris McManus -- / Claus Vögele -- / Angela Hall and Jane Kidd -- / Lorraine Noble -- / Pauline Slade -- / Robert Frank and Andrea Lee -- / Stephen Kellett -- Part II. Medical topics -- . - Alcohol abuse Allergies to drugs Allergies to food Allergies : general Amnesia Amputation and phantom limb pain Anaesthesia and psychology Antenatal care Aphasia recovery, treatment and psychosocial adjustment Asthma Back pain Blindness and visual disability Blood donation Breastfeeding Burn injuries : psychological and social aspects Cancer : breast Cancers of the digestive tract Cancer : general Cancer : gynaecologic / Michael Sayette -- / Mary Gregerson -- / Mary Gregerson -- / Mary Gregerson -- / Barbara Wilson and Narinder Kapur -- / Ronald Melzack and Joel Katz -- / Keith Millar -- / Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg and Rachel Rowe -- / Chris Code -- / Ad Kaptein and Klaus Rabe -- / Amanda C. de C. Williams -- / Linda Pring -- / Sarah Afuwape -- / Antony Manstead -- / Claire Phillips -- / Alice Simon and Kathryn Robb -- / Sharon Manne -- / Barbara Andersen and Laura Simonelli --

Health psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine. This new edition is fully reworked and revised, offering an entirely up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for clinical psychologists, mental health professionals and specialists in health-related matters. There are two new editors: Susan Ayers from the University of Sussex and Kenneth Wallston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The prestigious editorial team and their international, interdisciplinary cast of authors have reconceptualised their much-acclaimed handbook. The book is now in two parts: part I covers psychological aspects of health and illness, assessments, interventions and healthcare practice. Part II covers medical matters listed in alphabetical order. Among the many new topics added are: diet and health, ethnicity and health, clinical interviewing, mood assessment, communicating risk, medical interviewing, diagnostic procedures, organ donation, IVF, MMR, HRT, sleep disorders, skin disorders, depression and anxiety disorders.

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