Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology: Disorders of Behavior and Health

by Boll, Thomas J.; Raczynski, James M.; Leviton, Laura C.

• ISBN13: 9781591470915
• ISBN10: 1591470919
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

The second volume of the three-volume Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology examines the behavioral factors that affect both disease outcomes and health promotion. The volume posits that the use of a public health model might create more integrated and coordinated primary risk reduction approaches in health care. Leading clinicians and researchers discuss risk factors, methods for risk reduction, the maintenance of health, and adaptation to health and disease. This practical sourcebook will be an invaluable reference for health psychologists and medical professionals. The Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology is both comprehensive and specific as it relates to the entire field of health psychology. Topics in Volume 1 explore the role of behavior and psychology in a wide range of medical disorders, and use the ICD-9 diagnostic classification as a basis. Volume 3 examines the models and theories that psychologists use to provide heuristic paradigms for health psychol

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction to the Series	xi
Thomas J. Boll
Introduction to Volume 2: Disorders of Behavior and Health	3	(4)
James M. Raczynski
Laura C. Leviton
I. Cross-Cutting Factors That Affect Health Risks	7	(224)
Behavioral Aspects of Obesity, Dietary Intake, and Chronic Disease	9	(34)
Delia Smith West
Jean Harvey-Berino
James M. Raczynski
Substance Use Disorders	43	(32)
Jesse B. Milby
Joseph E. Schumacher
Jalie A. Tucker
Cigarette Smoking	75	(46)
Edwin B. Fisher
Ross C. Brownson
Andrew C. Heath
Douglas A. Luke
Walton Sumner II
The Context of Sexual Risk Behavior	121	(26)
Leslie F. Clark
Scott D. Rhodes
William Rogers
Nicole Liddon
Promotion of Physical Activity Through the Life Span	147	(36)
Patricia M. Dubbert
Abby C. King
Bess H. Marcus
James F. Sallis
Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Adults and Children	183	(48)
G. Vernon Pegram
John McBurney
Susan M. Harding
Christopher M. Makris
II. Mediators of Risk	231	(124)
Stress, Coping, and Social Support in Health and Behavior	233	(36)
Pamela Davis Martin
Phillip J. Brantley
Spirituality, Religion, and Health: A Scientific Perspective	269	(30)
Carl E. Thoresen
Alex H. S. Harris
Symptom Perception and Health Care-Seeking Behavior	299	(30)
Rene Martin
Howard Leventhal
Medical Regimen Adherence: Concepts, Assessment, and Interventions	329	(26)
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Dawn Newman Carlson
III. Adaptation to Health and Disease	355	(68)
The Biopsychosocial Perspective of Pain	357	(22)
Robert J. Gatchel
Ann Matt Maddrey
Family Adaptation in Illness, Disease, and Disability	379	(26)
Timothy R. Elliott
Richard M. Shewchuk
Patient Adaptation to Chronic Illness	405	(18)
Katharine E. Stewart
Dana Ross
Shannon Hartley
Author Index	423	(34)
Subject Index	457	(12)
About the Editors	469