Test Bank for Health Psychology, A Biopsychosocial Approach, 2nd Edtion, 2e by Hymie Anisman
Test Bank for Health Psychology, A Biopsychosocial Approach, 2nd Edtion, 2e by Hymie Anisman
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ISBN-13: 9781529731637
TABLE OF CONTENT
1 Health psychology described
Getting there from here
Dealing with coordinated systems
Evidence-based practice
What do we mean when we say ‘health psychology’?
A continuum between wellness and illness
Vulnerability versus resilience
Illness comorbidities
Health psychology globally
Encouraging behavioral change
Including biopsychosocial perspectives of illness
Summary
2 Methodological approaches in health
psychology
Linkages to illness
Research using animal models
Regression approaches
Epidemiological approaches
Program evaluation
Data synthesis
Caveats on methodology
Summary
3 Biological systems and functioning
A genetics primer
Gene × environment interactions
The nervous system
Hormones associated with the stress response
Eating and energy-related hormones
Sex hormones
Immune functioning
The enteric nervous system and the microbiome
Summary
4 The stress process
Attributes and dimensions of stressors
Stressor appraisals
Characteristics of stressors
Previous stressor experiences
Social support
Stressor effects across the life span
Collective and transgenerational trauma
Instruments used to assess stressor experiences,
appraisals, and coping
Summary
5 Neurobiological stress responses
Stressor-provoked neurobiological changes
Hormonal changes elicited by stressors
Stress and energy balances
Sex hormones
Oxytocin
Growth factors
Stress and immunity
Summary
6 Healthy behaviors, unhealthy behaviors,
and behavioral change
Treatment of illness
Individualized treatment strategies
Intervention approaches
Risk factors related to health and disease
Cultural and ethnic differences
Sex differences
Behavioral change means health change
Changing attitudes, changing behaviors, and barriers
to change
Psychosocial and cognitive perspectives of health
behaviors
Summary
7 Lifestyle factors
Keeping the motor running
Nutrition
Eating-related processes
Obesity
Making changes
Health foods and the expansion of neutraceuticals
Public health and public policy
Exercise
Accidents at work and at home
Summary
8 Cardiovascular illnesses and related
disorders
Getting to know the heart
Diseases of the heart
Hypertension
Coronary artery disease
Factors that promote heart disease
Personality factors
Physiological stress responses in relation to heart
disease
Pharmacological treatments
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Stroke
Summary
9 Diabetes
The broad health impact of diabetes
Gestational diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Stressors and type 2 diabetes
Inflammatory factors in type 2 diabetes
Gut bacteria and diabetes
Dealing with diabetes
Medications
Summary
10 Immune-related disorders
Allergies
Infectious diseases
Sexually transmitted infection
Lifestyle factors in relation to immune functioning
and infection
Autoimmune disorders
Summary
11 Cancer
What is cancer and how does it develop?
Genetic contributions
Environmental contributions
Viral factors
A stress–cancer link
Eating, nutrition, and cancer
Exercise and cancer
Sleep and cancer
Cancer treatment and psychological factors
Treatment methods
Another word on precision medicine
Summary
12 Pain
Defining pain
Pain assessments
Psychological consequences of chronic pain
Psychological factors related to pain perception
Psychosomatic (psychogenic) pain
Neurophysiology of pain processes
Pain management
Psychological manipulations to deal with pain
perception
Complementary and alternative medicine
Summary
13 Addiction
Defining addiction
A broad view of addiction
Factors leading to addiction
Multiple neurochemical components associated with
addiction
Why are addictions as persistent as they are?
A link between propensity for eating and drug
addiction
Putting things together
Treatment strategies
Drug treatments to curb addictions
Summary
14 Major physical illnesses
Quality of life
Adjustment to chronic illness
Appraising and coping with illness
Iatrogenic illness
Stigma
Self-perceptions
Summary
15 Dealing with illness
Recognizing warnings and health risks
Illness perceptions and beliefs
Relation between the patient and the health provider
Obtaining medical care
Summary
16 Caregiving, death, and grief
Caregiving
End-of-life care
Loss and grieving
Summary
17 From molecules, to individuals, to
communities, to policy
Translational research
Instigating policy change
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