Name: Health Psychology By Shelley Taylor
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Health Psychology Summary

Health Psychology by Shelley Taylor

The eighth edition of Health Psychology highlights health issues that face the college student and his or her family through both accessible research examples and profiles of interventions. Drawing on current, cutting-edge research, the text highlights health issues relevant to the college student's immediate and global environment such as coping with stress, maintaining physical health, and making decisions about alcohol and smoking. This edition contains clear descriptions of current research into the prevention, treatment, and causes (social, genetic, and biological) of specific health related disorders.

About Shelley Taylor

Shelley E. Taylor is professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in social psychology from Yale University. Her research interests are in health psychology, especially the factors that promote long-term psychological adjustment, and in social cognition. In the former capacity, she is the co-director of the Health Psychology program at UCLA. Professor Taylor is the recipient of a number of awardsmost notably, the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychology Award, a 10-year Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, and an Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award in Health Psychology. She is the author of more than 200 publications in journals and books and is the author of Social Cognition and Positive Illusions.

PREFACEPART ONE - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGYCHAPTER 1 - What Is Health Psychology? CHAPTER 2 - The Systems of the Body PART TWO - HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND PRIMARY PREVENTIONCHAPTER 3 - Health Behaviors CHAPTER 4 - Specific Health-Related BehaviorsCHAPTER 5 - Health-Compromising Behaviors: Alcoholism and SmokingPART THREE - STRESS AND COPINGCHAPTER 6 - Stress CHAPTER 7 - Moderators of the Stress Experience PART FOUR - THE PATIENT IN THE TREATMENT SETTINGCHAPTER 8 - Using Health Services CHAPTER 9 - Patient-Provider Relations CHAPTER 10 - The Management of Pain and DiscomfortPART FIVE - MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AND TERMINAL ILLNESSCHAPTER 11 - Management of Chronic Illness CHAPTER 12 - Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness CHAPTER 13 - Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, and Type II Diabetes CHAPTER 14 - Psychoneuroimmunology and Immune-Related Disorders PART SIX - TOWARD THE FUTURECHAPTER 15 - Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future GLOSSARY REFERENCES CREDITS NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX

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ISBN 13

9780071086868

ISBN 10

0071086862

Title

Health Psychology by Shelley Taylor

Author

Shelley Taylor

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Used - Very Good

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Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Year published

20110916

Number of pages

576

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