Preface
PART I BEING AND STAYING HEALTHY
Chapter 1 What is health?
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• What is health? Changing perspectives Individual, cultural and lifespan perspectives on health
• What is health psychology?
• Summary Further readin
Chapter 2 Health inequalities
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Health differentials
• Minority status and health
• Gender and health
• Summary Further reading
Chapter 3 Health-risk behaviour
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• What is health behaviour?
• Smoking, drinking and illicit drug use
• Unprotected sexual behaviour
• Unhealthy diet Obesity
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 4 Health-protective behaviour
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Adherence behaviour
• Healthy diet Exercise
• Health-screening behaviour
• Immunisation behaviour
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 5 Explaining health behaviour
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Distal influences on health behaviour
• Models of health behaviour
• Socio-cognitive models of behaviour change
• Stage models of behaviour change
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 6 Changing behaviour: mechanisms and approaches
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Developing public health interventions
• Strategies for changing risk behaviour
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 7 Preventing health problems
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Working with individuals
• Using the mass media Environmental interventions
• Public health programmes
• Summary
• Further reading
PART II BECOMING ILL
Chapter 8 The body in health and illness
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• The behavioural anatomy of the brain
• The autonomic nervous system
• The immune system
• The digestive system
• The cardiovascular system
• The respiratory system
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 9 Symptom perception, interpretation and response
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• How do we become aware of the sensations of illness?
• Symptom perception
• Symptom interpretation
• Planning and taking action: responding to symptoms
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 10 The consultation and beyond
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• The medical consultation
• Factors that influence the process of consultation
• Moving beyond the consultation
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 11 Stress, health and illness: Theory Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Concepts of stress
• Types of stress
• Stress as a physiological response
• The stress and illness link
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 12 Stress and illness moderators
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Coping defined Stress, personality and illness
• Stress and cognitions
• Stress and emotions
• Social support and stress
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 13 Managing stress
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Stress theory: a quick review
• Stress management training
• The third wave therapies
• Preventing stress
• Minimising stress in hospital settings
• Summary
• Further reading
PART III BEING ILL
Chapter 14 The impact and outcomes of illness: patient perspective
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• The impact of illness
• Coping with illness
• Illness and quality of life
• Measuring quality of life
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 15 The impact and outcomes of illness: families and informal caregivers
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Illness: a family affair
• Expectancies of care
• Family systems and family members
• Consequences of caring for the caregiver
• Influences on caring outcomes
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 16 Pain Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• The experience of pain
• Biological models of pain
• A psychobiological theory of pain
• Future understandings of pain: the neuromatrix
• Helping people to cope with pain
• Summary
• Further reading
Chapter 17 Improving health and quality of life
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• Coping with chronic illness
• Reducing distress
• Managing illness
• Preventing disease progression
• Summary
• Further reading
PART IV FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Chapter 18 From theory to practice
• Learning outcomes
• Chapter outline
• The need for theory-driven practice
• Getting evidence into practice
• ...and finally, be positive
• Summary
• Further reading
Glossary
References
Index
