Complementary Medicine and Health Psychology

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:
<li>models of the person </li>
<li>health beliefs and experimental psychology 
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<li>placebo 
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<li>research methods in CAM 
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<li>stress, coping and stress management 
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<li>pain and chronic illness 
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<li>communications and interactions between client and therapist While 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.
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Health, Fitness & Dieting

Forshaw, Mark

van Wersch, Anna

Cartwright, Tina

Psychology & Counseling

Open University Press

The Essential Psychology Series bridges the gap between simple introductory texts aimed at pre-university studetns and higher level textbooks for upper level undergraduates. Each volume in the series is designed to provide concise yet up-to-date descriptions of the major areas of psychology for first year undergraduates or students taking psychology as a supplement to other courses of study. The authors, who are acknowledged experts in their field, explain the basics carefully and engagingly without over-simplification often foind in introductory textbooks, at the same time providing the reader with insights into current thinking. Mind-body relationships are the essence of health psychology, and Essential Health Pyschology takes this relationship as its central focus in exploring and explaining the topic to students. The book presents psychological factors in health and illness causation through the concept of 'holism' which posits that health states, health behaviours and cognitions are created by the interaction of other factors or processes within the human condition. This textbook assumes no prior knowledge of psychology, and works through a series of topics and debates towards an understanding of human health and the psychological nature of it. A wide range of health psychology issues are covered, such as pain, stress, health behaviours and communicating with patients, as well as the more unusual but salient topics of palliative care and psychometric testing in a health context. All these areas of investigation are illustrated with examples of real illness states and the psychological contributions to them, including dental health examples.

Essential Health Psychology (Essential Psychology)

Mental Health

Routledge

Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide has been designed with the needs of the student in mind. Packed with hints and tips, and written in a simple, informal style, this ‘second supervisor’ is designed to ease students further into the world of research. The second edition has been completely revised and updated with new material on focus groups and ethics and a new section entitled How to Lose Marks Instantly.

Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide (Bps Student Guides)

BPS Blackwell

Understanding Headaches and Migraines

Most of us have headaches at some time or other. But some people find that headaches are ruining their life. Dr Mark Forshaw is a chartered health psychologist. He shows you how your mind can influence bodily processes, making your headaches better or worse. Understanding Headaches and Migraines provides clear and practical information on all types of headache and migraine, and the sources of help and treatment available. Here you will find: * The symptoms and causes of the main types of headache. * A checklist to help you identify which type of headache you have. * Easy-to-read explanations of current research into headaches. * Guidance on treatments, including complementary therapies. * Where to find sources of further help and information. An essential purchase for anyone who has ever suffered needlessly.

Understanding Headaches and Migraines (Understanding Illness & Health)

Parenting & Relationships

wiley

Critical Thinking for Your Degree

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Wiley/Blackwell

Getting started on your final year psychology research project? 
Not sure where to look for extra help? Terrified at the prospect? Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide has been designed with the needs of the student in mind. Packed with hints and tips, and written in a simple, informal style, this ‘second supervisor’ is designed to ease you further into the world of research. A host of special features allow you the best possible chance of success: <ul> <li>Structured chronologically around planning a project, carrying it out, and then writing it up; 
</li> <li>Gives practical advice on how to deal with day-to-day problems such as software failures or uncommunicative interviewees; 
</li> <li>Written in consultation with a number of experienced academics and students of psychology.</li> </ul>

Undergraduate Psychology Project

John Wiley&Sons

Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide

Easy Statistics in Psychology: A BPS Guide

Designed for those approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics in Psychology is a short, readable guide to the ideas behind statistical formulae and the benefits that a rigorous statistical approach brings to psychological research. Packed with useful analogies, it helps students get beyond the numbers. 
<ul> <li>Focuses on the ideas and practicalities of statistics in psychology, rather than an array of complex numbers and formulas 
</li> <li>Covers the key tests and concepts relevant to the undergraduate student 
</li> <li>Includes a helpful section on the uses and abuses of statistics, outlining when the specific tests can be used and when they should not 
</li> <li>Written by the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (Blackwell, 2004)</li> </ul>

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