Psychobiological processes in health and illness /

Hamilton-West, Kate.

Psychobiological processes in health and illness / - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013. - xix, 234 p. : ill. ;

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.

9781847872432 (hbk.) 1847872433 (hbk.) 9781847872449 (pbk.) 1847872441 (pbk.)


Psychobiology.
Psychophysiology.
Biological Psychiatry.
Pain
Psychotherapy.
Biological psychiatry.
Pain

MED. BF455 / .W47