Comprehensive Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology

Bret A. Boyer, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Health Psychology Concentration, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. He has published numerous articles in the field of health psychology in several peer-reviewed journals. M. Indira Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She serves as the Co-Director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Community Health Psychology and as the Director of the annual Women's Preventive Health Forum.

• Editor Biographies ixForeword xiPreface xvAuthor Biographies xviiPart I Foundations 11 Theoretical Models of Health Psychology and the Model for Integrating Medicine and Psychology 3Bret A. Boyer2 Insurance, Managed Care, and Integrated Primary Care 31M. Indira PahariaPart II Prevention 533 Chronic Disease Prevention 55M. Indira Paharia4 Obesity 81M. Indira Paharia and Larina Kase5 Tobacco Cessation 105M. Indira PahariaPart III Common Disease States 1256 Cardiovascular Disease 127Albert J. Bellg7 Cancer 153Alyson B. Moadel and Melanie S. Harris8 Diabetes 179Bret A. Boyer9 HIV/AIDS 201Lynda M. Sagrestano, Amy Rogers, and Arron Service10 Spinal Cord Injury 229Elizabeth J. Richardson, J. Scott Richards, and Bret A. Boyer11 Asthma 251Daphne Koinis Mitchell and Elizabeth McQuaid12 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 277Kirk Stucky and Jeff Greenblatt13 End-Stage Renal Disease 301Allan Goody, Nicole Monserrate, and Anu Bodetti14 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Disease 319Kevin A. HommelPart IV Special Topics 34715 Chronic Pain 349John D. Otis and Donna B. Pincus16 Pediatric Psychology 371Lamia P. Barakat and Bret A. Boyer17 Substance Abuse in Medical Settings 395Allison Dorlen Pastor, Aparna Kalbag-Buddhikot, and Adam Brooks18 Sexual and Reproductive Health of Men and Women 425William R. Stayton, Debra W. Haffner, and Susan S. McNiffAuthor Index 453Subject Index 475