Table of Contents
PART I An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processes 1
Chapter 1 An Overview of Psychology and Health 1
Chapter 2 The Body’s Physical Systems 30
PART II Stress, Illness, and Coping 57
Chapter 3 Stress - Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources 57
Chapter 4 Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness 82
Chapter 5 Coping With and Reducing Stress 112
PART III Lifestyles to Enhance Health and Prevent Illness 135
Chapter 6 Health-Related Behavior and Health Promotion 135
Chapter 7 Substance Use and Abuse 167
Chapter 8 Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety 200
PART IV Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatment 232
Chapter 9 Using Health Services 232
Chapter 10 In the Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients 260
PART V Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort 288
Chapter 11 The Nature and Symptoms of Pain 288
Chapter 12 Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain 314
PART VI Chronic and Life-Threatening Health Problems 336
Chapter 13 Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management, and Coping 336
Chapter 14 Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management, and Coping 365
PART VII Looking to the Future 394
Chapter 15 What’s Ahead for Health Psychology? 394
Glossary 407
References 413
Author Index 517
Subject Index 535
