Health Psychology

Part I An Introduction: Basic Issues and Processes 1

Chapter 1 An Overview of Psychology and Health 1

Chapter 2 The Body's Physical Systems 30

Part II Stress, Illness, and Coping 57

Chapter 3 Stress—Its Meaning, Impact, and Sources 57

Chapter 4 Stress, Biopsychosocial Factors, and Illness 82

Chapter 5 Coping with and Reducing Stress 112

Part III Lifestyles to Enhance Health and Prevent Illness 135

Chapter 6 Health- Related Behavior and Health Promotion 135

Chapter 7 Substance Use and Abuse 167

Chapter 8 Nutrition, Weight Control and Diet, Exercise, and Safety 201

Part IV Becoming Ill and Getting Medical Treatment 233

Chapter 9 Using Health Services 233

Chapter 10 In The Hospital: The Setting, Procedures, and Effects on Patients 261

Part V Physical Symptoms: Pain and Discomfort 290

Chapter 11 The Nature and Symptoms of Pain 290

Chapter 12 Managing and Controlling Clinical Pain 316

Part VI Chronic and Life- Threatening Health Problems 339

Chapter 13 Serious and Disabling Chronic Illnesses: Causes, Management, and Coping 339

Chapter 14 Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and AIDS: Causes, Management, and Coping 368

Part VII Looking to the Future 397

Chapter 15 What’s Ahead for Health Psychology? 397