Psychology for Medicine

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Psychology and medicine Psychology and medicine What is health? Why is psychology important? Different approaches to medicine Section I Psychology and Health 2 Motivation, emotion, and health Motivation Motivation and health Emotion Emotion and health 3 Stress and health What is stress? Stress and health Stress in medicine Managing stress 4 Symptoms and illness Symptom perception Pain Placebo and nocebo effects Illness beliefs and representations 5 Health and behaviour Predicting and changing health behaviour The Health Belief Model The Theory of Planned Behaviour The Transtheoretical Model PRIME Theory 6 Chronic illness, death, and dying Chronic illness Psychological intervention Death and dying Death and medical practice Section II Basic Foundations of Psychology 7 Brain and behaviour Components and organisation of the nervous system Communication within and between neurons Structure of the brain and central nervous system Control of movement Sleep, consciousness, and biological clocks 8 Psychosocial development across the lifespan Childhood Adolescence Adulthood Old Age 9 Social psychology Attitudes Self psychology Individuals and groups Anti-social and pro-social behaviour 10 Learning, perception, and memory Perception Attention Learning Memory 11 Immunity and protection Infection, inflammation, and immunity Psychological aspects of immune disorders Skin Cancer 12 Cardiovascular and respiratory Cardiovascular health Respiratory health 13 Gastrointestinal Psychological factors and the GI system Lifestyle and GI health GI disorders 14 Reproduction and endocrinology Reproduction Endocrine disorders and psychosocial wellbeing 15 Genitourinary medicine Sexual health Sexually transmitted diseases Prostate and testicular cancer Urinary incontinence and renal failure 16 Psychiatry and neurology Psychiatry Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders Neurological disorders Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation Section IV Healthcare Practice 17 Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine Adherence to treatment Doctor-patient communication 18 Clinical interviewing How we communicate Clinical interviewing D ifficult interviews Giving bad news 19 Psychological intervention What is psychotherapy? Which therapy is best? Psychological interventions in medical settings