| Description |
1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Series |
The Basics Ser |
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The Basics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- 1 The development of health psychology -- Introduction -- Historical approaches to health: a biomedical model of health and illness -- Introduction to the biomedical model -- Challenging the biomedical view of health -- What is health? -- What is health psychology? -- Why do we need health psychology? -- Health in the twenty-first century: the role of lifestyle on population health -- Health policy: the role of government action for lifestyle change -- Health psychology today, where are we now? |
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Research methods in health psychology -- Qualitative studies -- Quantitative studies -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- Careers in health psychology -- What do health psychologists do and where do they work? -- How to become a health psychologist -- Stage one -- Stage two -- What can you expect to earn as a health psychologist? -- Interested in health psychology, now what? -- Final overview and summary -- References -- 2 A bio/psycho/social approach to health and wellbeing -- Chapter overview -- A biopsychosocial approach to health and wellbeing -- The biopsychosocial approach -- Pain |
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Biological factors -- Transduction -- Transmission -- Modulation -- Psychological factors -- The Gate Control Theory (GCT) -- Anxiety -- Learning -- Cognition -- Treatment for pain (see Table 2.2) -- Why does pain relief stop working as well? -- What can health psychologists do to improve pain? -- What about alternative therapies? -- Brief summary of pain -- Diabetes -- What is diabetes? -- The endocrine system -- It is a disease of lifestyle! -- What is the role of the health psychologist in understanding Type 2 diabetes? |
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Using a biopsychosocial approach in understanding the aetiology of Type 2 DM -- Examples of biological factors -- Examples of psychological factors -- Evidence -- Why might wholegrains be beneficial? -- Is it just about eating wholegrains? -- What about exercise? -- Can personality influence onset? -- What is conscientiousness? -- What is the relationship between conscientiousness and Type 2 diabetes? -- Social and environmental factors -- The obesogenic environment -- What about culture? -- The digestive system and obesity -- The digestive system -- So why do we need to eat? |
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So what is the right amount of food? -- What is a calorie? -- Obesity -- So why do people become obese? -- Biological factors -- So what other biological factors affect eating behaviour? -- Leptin -- Ghrelin -- Neuropetide Y -- Psychological factors -- Conditioning -- Stress and eating behaviour -- Activity -- Social factors -- Summary -- Autoimmune diseases -- The immune system -- Simplified overview of the innate system -- Simplified overview of the specific system -- Genes -- Gender -- Psychological factors -- Social factors -- So what can we conclude? -- Chapter summary -- References |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Medicine and psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wood, Lynne
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| ISBN |
9781315447742 |
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1315447746 |
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