Psychology for Health Professionals
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Australia; Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Published: June 2009
Place of publication: Sydney, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780729537971
Subjects: Psychology; Mental Health Nursing
Genres: Nursing
Description: This book provides an introduction to psychology for allied health students and it encourages an understanding of the complex and interactive nature of the factors which influence an individual’s health behaviours and health outcomes. Through the use of real life examples, contemporary research and case studies students will be able to apply the material in the text to the health behaviours of the people they care for, their colleagues and themselves. Unlike many health psychology textbooks this new book examines individual personality and psychological theory within the social context of people’s lives...[more  on Psychology for Health Professionals from publisher](http://shop.elsevier.com.au/ISBN/9780729537971/Psychology-for-Health-Professionals" more from publisher")
Table of contents: label: Chapter 1
title: Psychology: an introduction; label: Chapter 2
title: Lifespan: Early years-pre birth - adolescence; label: Chapter 3
title: Lifespan: Later years-adulthood & ageing; label: Chapter 4
title: Health and Health Psychology; label: Chapter 5
title: Social Context of Behaviour; label: Chapter 6
title: Research for Health Professionals; label: Chapter 7
title: Understanding and Changing Health Behaviours; label: Chapter 8
title: Communication for Health CarePractitioners; label: Chapter 9
title: Partnerships in health; label: Chapter 10
title: Stress and coping; label: Chapter 11
title: Loss; label: Chapter 12
title: Pain; label: Chapter 13
title: Health promotion