Psychology for Health Care

BRIDGET ADAMS is Principal Lecturer in Psychology and Interpersonal Skills for Health Care at Buckinghamshire College. She is secretary of the Person Centred Art Therapy Association and chair of the Chilterns Art Group.BARBARA BROMLEY is Senior Lecturer at the University of Luton, teaching mental health nursing and psychology for nursing. Her clinical speciality is nursing people with acute mental health problems.

• List of FiguresForewordPrefaceUsing this BookHandy HeadingsHistorical BackgroundAggression and Aggression ManagementAnxiety and DepressionAttitudes, Attitude Change and PersuasionBehaviourism and Behaviour TherapiesBiopsychology and Physical Interventions Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive TherapiesHealth Beliefs, Lifestyle and Health PromotionHumanistic Psychology and CounsellingLanguage and Therapetuic CommunicationLoss and Grief TherapyMemory and Response to Memory ChangesMind and Altered States of ConsciousnessPain and Pain ManagementPerception and Response to Perceptual ChangesPerception of Self and OthersPlanning, Playing and Problem-SolvingPsychodynamic Psychology and PsychotherapiesResearch, Statistics and PsychometricsSocial Psychology, Groups and Social SkillsStress and Stress ManagementAppendix: Using a LibraryBibliography.

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