Complementary Medicine and Health Psychology

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-335-22011-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

This unique book is the first to bring together the world of health psychology with that of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The authors draw on their wealth of experience as health psychologists to explore the relationship between health psychology and CAM and look at how an understanding of one can be used to inform the other. Through an open-minded but rigorous approach to CAM, the authors identify where psychology can help to answer some crucial questions, such as why CAM sometimes appears to work, why sometimes it does not, and why some people are drawn to it and others not.Key topics covered include: - models of the person - health beliefs and experimental psychology
- placebo
- research methods in CAM
- stress, coping and stress management
- pain and chronic illness
- communications and interactions between client and therapistWhile CAM has often been dismissed out of hand by scientists, the authors maintain that it deserves attention as a psychological phenomenon alone, regardless of the actual efficacy as understood by existing research.This book's insightful observations on contemporary meanings of health and illness and the future of CAM and health psychology make it important reading for all psychologists and health professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wersch, Anna Van

Forshaw, Mark

Cartwright, Tina

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Complementary medicine in context
Beliefs and explanations: Experimental and non-experimental psychology
Research and research methods in complementary and alternative medicine
Stress, appraisal, coping, moderators and stress management
Managing chronic illness
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Wersch, Anna Van
Anna van Wersch is Professor of Psychology at the University of Teesside and directs the MSc in Health Psychology. Author of many research publications, she has been involved in health psychology training for a number of years through the BPS Division of Health Psychology Training and Admissions Committees.

Forshaw, Mark
Mark Forshaw is a Principal Lecturer at Staffordshire University, a Chartered Health Psychologist, an expert on health psychology training, an established author, and he sits on the Registration Authority of the Science Council. He has specific departmental responsibilities for enterprise, and trains others how to conduct consultancy.

Cartwright, Tina
Tina Cartwright is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster. Her research focuses on peoples perceptions of health and illness, experiences of conventional and complementary health care, and interventions to improve well-being.

Anna van Wersch is Professor of Psychology at the University of Teesside, UK and a Chartered Health Psychologist.Mark Forshaw is Principal Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK and a Chartered Health Psychologist.Tina Cartwright is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, UK and a Chartered Health Psychologist.