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Bringing together an international group of experts from across all health–related disciplines, Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology bridges the gap between health psychology and medicine to provide up–to–date and relevant information and strategies all health care professionals need to address both the physical and mental health care needs of their clients.
Written in an accessible, reader–friendly manner, this reference covers the conditions and trends that have become most prevalent in the field of health psychology today, including obesity, tobacco cessation, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, spinal cord injuries, chronic pain, and more—and looks at both prevention as well as treatment—providing strategies and recommendations across the spectrum of care.
This comprehensive and current resource includes chapters on:
- The Model for Integrating Medicine and Psychology—a hands–on tool to guide clinicians through the biopsychosocial model
- Insurance and managed care issues
- Substance abuse in medical settings
- Pediatric psychology
- Chronic disease prevention
Providing practical information and guidance on how to apply health psychology research and techniques to make decisions and modify patients′ behavior, Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology is an invaluable reference tool for all health care professionals.
Foreword xi
Preface xv
Author Biographies xvii
Part I FOUNDATIONS 1
1 Theoretical Models of Health Psychology and the Model for Integrating Medicine and Psychology 3Bret A. Boyer
2 Insurance, Managed Care, and Integrated Primary Care 31M. Indira Paharia
Part II PREVENTION 53
3 Chronic Disease Prevention 55M. Indira Paharia
4 Obesity 81M. Indira Paharia and Larina Kase
5 Tobacco Cessation 105M. Indira Paharia
Part III COMMON DISEASE STATES 125
6 Cardiovascular Disease 127Albert J. Bellg
7 Cancer 153Alyson B. Moadel and Melanie S. Harris
8 Diabetes 179Bret A. Boyer
9HIV/AIDS 201Lynda M. Sagrestano, Amy Rogers, and Arron Service
10 Spinal Cord Injury 229Elizabeth J. Richardson, J. Scott Richards, and Bret A. Boyer
11Asthma 251Daphne Koinis Mitchell and Elizabeth McQuaid
12 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 277Kirk Stucky and Jeff Greenblatt
13 End–Stage Renal Disease 301Allan Goody, Nicole Monserrate, and Anu Bodetti
14 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Disease 319Kevin A. Hommel
Part IV SPECIAL TOPICS 347
15 Chronic Pain 349John D. Otis and Donna B. Pincus
16 Pediatric Psychology 371Lamia P. Barakat and Bret A. Boyer
17 Substance Abuse in Medical Settings 395Allison Dorlen Pastor, Aparna Kalbag–Buddhikot, and Adam Brooks
18 Sexual and Reproductive Health of Men and Women 425William R. Stayton, Debra W. Haffner, and Susan S. McNiff
Author Index 453
Subject Index 475
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M. Indira Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She serves as the Co–Director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Community Health Psychology and as the Director of the annual Women′s Preventive Health Forum.
