Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index.
1. 'I'm ill; you're sick' -- 2. Genes, brain and the internal milieu: Our limits and resources -- 3. Learning and memory: A basis for understanding development and change in the face of threat and danger -- 4. The ideal patient: The 'balanced' type B attachment strategies -- 5. 'I'm OK; don't worry about me. 'The dismissing' type A attachment strategies -- 6. 'My pain is really terrible. What are you going to do about it?': The 'preoccupied' type C attachment strategies, and other classifications -- 7. Ambiguous symptoms and the attachment strategies of health professionals -- 8. Goal-corrected partnerships for health.
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This book provides essential guidance for clinicians on how to identify various coping styles, and how to improve the quality of discourse with people of different backgrounds and ages.