CONTENTS // Acknowledgements viii // Guided Tour xii // 1 Psychology and medicine 1 // Psychology and medicine 2 // What is health? 4 // Why is psychology important? 8 // Different approaches to medicine 11 // Section I Psychology and Health 21 // 2 Motivation, emotion, and health 23 // Motivation 25 // Motivation and health 28 // Emotion 30 // Emotion and health 38 // 3 Stress and health 47 // What is stress? 48 // Stress and health 57 // Stress in medicine 62 // Managing stress 64 // 4 Symptoms and illness 70 // Symptom perception 72 // Pain 78 // Placebo and nocebo effects 85 // Illness beliefs and representations 88 // 5 Health and behaviour 96 // Predicting and changing health behaviour 97 // The Health Belief Model 100 // The Theory of Planned Behaviour 104 // The Transtheoretical Model 110 // PRIME Theory 114 // vi PSYCHOLOGY FOR MEDICINE // 6 Chronic illness, death, and dying 119 // Chronic illness 121 // Psychological intervention 127 // Death and dying 129 // Death and medical practice 136 // Section II Basic Foundations of Psychology 143 // 7 Brain and behaviour 145 // Components and organisation of the nervous system 146 // Communication within and between neurons 149 // Structure of the brain and central nervous system 152 // Control of movement 157 // Sleep, consciousness, and biological clocks 161 // 8 Psychosocial development across the lifespan 170 // Childhood 172 // Adolescence 186 // Adulthood 190 // Old Age 190 // 9 Social psychology 196 // Attitudes 197
Self psychology 202 // Individuals and groups 207 // Anti-social and pro-social behaviour 215 // 10 Learning, perception, and memory 219 // Perception 220 // Attention 226 // Learning 232 // Memory 238 // Section III Body Systems 245 // 11 Immunity and protection 247 // Infection, inflammation, and immunity 249 // Psychological aspects of immune disorders 253 // Skin 256 // Cancer 25? // 12 Cardiovascular and respiratory 269 // Cardiovascular health 270 // Respirator)’ health 286 // CONTENTS // 13 Gastrointestinal 294 // Psychological factors and the GI system 296 // Lifestyle and GI health 301 // Gl disorders 318 // 14 Reproduction and endocrinology 325 // Reproduction 326 // Endocrine disorders and psychosocial wellbeing 339 // 15 Genitourinary medicine 348 // Sexual health 349 // Sexually transmitted diseases 354 // Prostate and testicular cancer 361 // Urinary incontinence and renal failure 367 // 16 Psychiatry and neurology 373 // Psychiatry 374 // Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders 384 // Neurological disorders 390 // Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation 393 // Section IV Healthcare Practice 399 // 17 Evidence-based medicine 401 // Evidence-based medicine 402 // Adherence to treatment 408 // Doctor-patient communication 415 // 18 Clinical interviewing 425 // How we communicate 427 // Clinical interviewing 432 // Difficult interviews 439 // Giving bad news 443 // 19 Psychological intervention 448 // What is psychotherapy? 451 // Which therapy is
best? 464 // Psychological interventions in medical settings 465 // Bibliography 476 // Index 524