Forshaw / Sheffield Health Psychology in Action

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-119-94327-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

A definitive guide to the growing field of health psychology, whichshowcases contributions from academics and professionals working atthe cutting edge of their discipline.
* Explores the field of modern health psychology, its latestdevelopments, and how it fits into the contexts of modernhealthcare, industry and academia
* Offers practical, real-world examples and applications forpsychological theory in health care settings
* Provides a timely resource to support the new HPC registrationof health and other psychologists
* Includes contributions from practitioners in a wide range ofhealth care settings who share their own vivid personalexperiences, as well as more general guidance to applying theory inpractice

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forshaw, Mark

Sheffield, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors vii
List of Contributors ix
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xix
1 Applying Health Psychology to Dentistry: 'People, Not Teeth'1
Sarah Baker
2 Promoting the Application of Health Psychology in PrimaryHealth Care 17
Amy Baraniak
3 Health Psychology in the NHS: The Long andWinding Road . . .28
Julian Bath
4 A Journey into Health Psychology and Beyond 40
Sheila Bonas
5 Health Psychology in Cyberspace 50
Neil Coulson
6 Working in Academia: A Different Kind of Practice, butPractice Nonetheless 58
Lorna Dodd
7 Shared Decision Making 69
Darren Flynn
8 Writing, Training, Teaching, Researching, Consulting, QualityAssurance and the Kitchen Sink 84
Mark Forshaw
9 What Are the Roles of a Health Psychologist in ClinicalPractice? Defining Knowledge, Skills and Competencies 93
Claire Hallas
10 Health Psychology: The Missing Ingredient from Health andSafety? 105
Jenny Lunt
11 Keeping Up Appearances in Health Psychology 116
Timothy P. Moss
12 Social and Political Health Psychology in Action 128
Michael Murray
13 Tailoring Behavioural Support and Tailoring Health PsychologyCareers 138
Felix Naughton
14 Working with Chronic Pain 150
Sue Peacock
15 Combining Practice and Academia as a Health Psychologist161
Karen Rodham
16 Health Psychologists in Action - Working for thePharmaceutical Industry 172
Katja R¨udell
17 The Rapid Growth of Health Psychology in Medical Schools andClinical Practice 183
Harbinder Sandhu and Shilpa Patel
18 The Lived Experience of a Qualitative Health Psychologist195
Rachel L. Shaw
19 Health Psychology in Sickle Cell and Other Long-TermHaematological Conditions 207
Veronica Joan Thomas
20 Afterword 221
Mark Forshaw and David Sheffield
Index 225

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Forshaw is Deputy Director of the Centre for HealthPsychology at Staffordshire University and recipient of the 2011BPS Division of Health Psychology Award for OutstandingContribution to the Advancement of Health Psychology. He hasresearched and published widely in health psychology, on subjectsas diverse as menopause, complementary therapies, and hand-armvibration syndrome.
David Sheffield is the Associate Head of the Centre forPsychological Research at the University of Derby. Sheffield'sresearch expertise extends to stress and cardiovascular responses,and he has written interventions to improve wellbeing, painperception and management, and mathematics anxiety.