Clinical Psychology

BOX17-1 Focus on Clinical Applications Stress and Everyday Life: What Are the Most Common Stressors for Undergraduate Students? ...

to stress) and immune system response (Brannon & Feist, 2010). Currently, it remains unclear whether immunosuppression is a ...

Perhaps the most widely studied association between a personality trait/behavior pattern and ill- ness is that between Type A be ...

Finally, thehealth behavior model, unlike the pre- vious models, does not assume that the physiologi- cal aspects of stress are ...

conditioned emotional reactions that, if chronic, can produce such persistent tissue changes as ulcers, neurodermatitis, or esse ...

to record the presence of headaches. They would be taught to record data on the presence of envi- ronmental stimuli that precede ...

Blanchard and Andrasik’s treatment begins with a psychoeducational component, in which the follow- ing points are emphasized to ...

F I G U R E 17-3 Example of a self-monitoring record for situations associated with tension headache Time Situation Physical Sen ...

pronouncements of some of its practitioners. In some cases, biofeedback seems to operate largely as a pla- cebo. Biofeedback may ...

Videotaped presentations, peer modeling, discussion groups, role-playing, monitoring smoking, and checking repeatedly on attitud ...

of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence (alcohol- ism) high priorities. Over the years, many treatment approaches have been appl ...

types of foods, teaching when and under what con- ditions to eat, encouraging regular exercise, and maintaining modified eating ...

in certain situations as well. For example, venipunc- tures are common in the course of cancer treat- ment, and this procedure c ...

T A B L E 17-2 Summary of Findings Relating Disease Characteristics, Personal Characteristics of the Patient, Environmental Fact ...

T A B L E 17-2 (Continued) Findings No confidence in treatment Decreases compliance Feelings of control Increases compliance III ...

FUTURE DIRECTIONS Health psychology, behavioral medicine, and pedi- atric psychology are growing fields, and more psy- chologist ...

For the most part, health psychology is still a kind of ad hoc appendage to doctoral programs in psychology (Larkin, 2009). The ...

It is easy to become carried away with the enthu- siasm generated by an exciting new field. This has been true in virtually ever ...

behavior over the long haul. Nevertheless, health psy- chology most assuredly deserves our enthusiasm as well as our caution (Ke ...

CHAPTER SUMMARY Health psychology and pediatric psychology (also known as child health psychology) are increasingly popular spec ...