Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness

Dr Kate Hamilton-West is a Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Kent

• The Mind-Body ConnectionChanging Conceptualisations of Mind and Body Emerging Disciplines Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading The Link between Stress and IllnessThe History of the Stress Concept Cognitive Models Biological Models Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Positive Processes in Health and IllnessFrom Stress to Emotion Emotion, Coping and Health Well-Being Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading A Healthy DispositionIntroduction How Do Genes Influence Health? Genetic Advances and Identifying Disease GenesPredictive Genetic Testing Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading PainWhat Is Pain? Theories of Pain Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Pain Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading At-Risk PopulationsIntroductionSocio-Economic Status and Health People with Psychiatric Illness Older People Long-Term Caregivers Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Psychobiological InterventionsIntroduction Coping-Based Approaches Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Methodological Issues in Psychobiological ResearchIntroduction How Can We Determine Whether or not Psychological Factors Influence Health? Designing and Evaluating Health Interventions Summary Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Summary and Future DirectionsWhat Have We Learned so Far? What Questions Have We Yet to Adequately Address? Technological Advances Summary and Conclusions Key Terms Discussion Questions Further Reading Glossary References Index

A fantastic contribution to health psychology. My PhD students and medical students are instructed to read it (not often I recommend books these days). It feels like the field has been waiting for this for a long timeDr Lis CordingleySenior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Manchester An engaging and well written health psychology textbook with a strong psychobiological focusDr Daryl O′ConnorUniversity of Leeds