PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS /

Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness is an accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from...

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Main Author: Hamilton-West, Kate 520526
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Language:eng
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2010
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description Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness is an accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral genetics. The textbook presents established theoretical models relevant to psychobiological processes in health and illness, as well as recent developments in systems, technologies and intervention methods.
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spelling KOHA-OAI-TEST:4638072022-03-31T03:17:14ZPSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS / Hamilton-West, Kate 520526 textLos Angeles : SAGE Publications,2010©2010engPsychobiological Processes in Health and Illness is an accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral genetics. The textbook presents established theoretical models relevant to psychobiological processes in health and illness, as well as recent developments in systems, technologies and intervention methods.Includes bibliographical references and index.Mind-body connection -- Link between stress and illness -- Positive processes in health and illness -- Healthy disposition -- Pain -- At risk populations -- Psychobiological interventions -- Methodological issues in psychobiological research -- Summary and future directions.Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness is an accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral genetics. The textbook presents established theoretical models relevant to psychobiological processes in health and illness, as well as recent developments in systems, technologies and intervention methods.PSZ_JBPsychology, Pathological Mental DisordersBiological PsychiatryURN:ISBN:9781847872432
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PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS /
title PSYCHOBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS /
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Mental Disorders
Biological Psychiatry
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