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Psychobiological processes in health and illness /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013.Description: xix, 234 p. : illISBN:
  • 9781847872432 (hbk.)
  • 1847872433 (hbk.)
  • 9781847872449 (pbk.)
  • 1847872441 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • MED. BF455 .W47
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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 behavioural genetics.
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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.

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 behavioural genetics.

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