Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Models of Stress and Methodological Considerations in Behavioral Medicine; What Is Behavioral Medicine?; The Basic Concepts and Global Model of Stress and Adaptation; Job Stress Models; Methodological Issues; Assessment in Behavioral Medicine; The Issue of Control; The Problem of Negative Affectivity; Self-Reported Versus Objective Measures of Health; Study Designs; Generality Versus Specificity of Effects of Psychological Factors on Health; References; Chapter 2: The Biology of Stress; Introduction
Chapter 7: Selected Topics in Pediatric Behavioral MedicinePsychological Factors Relevant to Children and Adolescents; Developmental Stages and Pediatric Behavioral Medicine; Attachment Style and Child and Adolescents' Health Behaviors and Outcomes; Parental Responses to Illness Behavior; Children's Stressors and Health Outcomes; Psychoneuroimmunological Mechanisms Linking Psychosocial Factors with Children's Health Outcomes; The Effects of Psychological Interventions on Children's Health Outcomes; References; Chapter 8: Psychological Aspects of Health and Illness in the Elderly
Interventions for Increasing Patient AdherenceReturning to the Example of Doctor-Patient Communication; References; Chapter 4: Psychosocial Factors in Coronary Heart Disease; Biomedical Risk Factors and the Etiology of Coronary Heart Disease; Psychosocial Risk Factors of CHD; Psychosocial Prognostic Factors in CHD; Psychoneuroimmunology of the Acute Coronary Syndrome; Behavioral Mediators Between Psychological Factors and CHD Prognosis; Psychological Interventions in CHD Patients; References; Chapter 5: Psychosocial Factors and the Prognosis of Cancer; Introduction to the Biology of Cancer
Psychosocial Factors and Cancer OnsetPsychosocial Factors and Cancer Prognosis; Psychoneuroimmunology of Cancer; Adopting a Cognitive-Perceptual Paradigm for Understanding Cancer-Immune Interactions; Psychological Interventions for Cancer Patients; References; Chapter 6: Psychological Risk Factors of the Common Cold and Its Behavioral Consequences; The Incidence, Consequences and Pathophysiology of URTI; Psychological Risk Factors of the URTI; Cognitive-Behavioral Consequences of the Common Cold; PNI Mechanisms of the URTI; Psychological Interventions for Preventing the URTI; References
The Biology and Effectors of the Stress ResponseCentral Regulation of the Stress Response; The Vagal Nerve: The Body Pagoda; Basic Neuroimmunology: The Hardware of Behavioral Medicine; Stress and Immunity: More Complex Than Meets the Eye; Stress and DNA Damage; References; Chapter 3: Doctor-Patient Communication and Increasing Patient Adherence; Doctor-Patient Communication: Basic Theory; Effects of Doctor-Patient Communication on Patient Outcomes; Assessment of and Factors Influencing Patients' Adherence to Medical Treatments; Assessment of Adherence; Predictors of Adherence to Treatment
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This ambitious book provides the latest research in leading topics of behavioral medicine and evidence-based strategies for its application in solving clinical problems. Each of the books clinical chapters, covering a breadth of topics from doctor-patient communication to patient adherence, preparation for surgery and cancer, begins with a clinical case study that guides the reader through the chapter. The author expertly takes the reader through relevant background information, including the epidemiology and medical background of the disease, the psychological predictors of onset or prognosis in the condition, and relevant psychological interventions. The chapters conclude by revisiting the case study with an evidence-based solution that applies the topics discussed to better treat the patients body and mind. Included among the topics: Models of stress and methodological considerations in behavioral medicine Doctor-patient communication and increasing patient adherence Psychosocial factors in coronary heart disease Psychosocial factors and the prognosis of cancer Psychological aspects of health and illness in the elderly Emergency mental health after traumatic events This depth of clinical guidance and exploration of biobehavioral mechanisms makes Behavioral Medicine: An Evidence-Based Biobehavioral Approach an essential resource for practitioners and practitioners-in-training, including medical students, health psychologists and other professionals in health promotion, disease prevention, psychotherapy and counseling, and primary care medicine.