Behavioral Medicine An Evidence-Based Biobehavioral Approach /

• Main Author: Gidron, Yori (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Health psychology.; Health promotion.; Primary care (Medicine).; General practice (Medicine).; Health Psychology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This ambitious book provides the latest research in leading topics of behavioral medicine and evidence-based strategies for its application in solving clinical problems. Each of the book's clinical chapters, covering a breadth of topics from doctor-patient communication to patient adherence, pr...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Models of Stress and Methodological Considerations in Behavioral Medicine
• Chapter 2: The Biology of Stress
• Chapter 3: Doctor-Patient Communication and Increasing Patient Adherence
• Chapter 4: Psychosocial Factors in Coronary Heart Disease
• Chapter 5: Psychosocial Factors and the Prognosis of Cancer
• Chapter 6: Psychological Risk Factors of the Common Cold and its Behavioral Consequences
• Chapter 7: Selected Topics in Pediatric Behavioral Medicine
• Chapter 8: Psychological Aspects of Health and Illness in the Elderly
• Chapter 9: Effects of Psychological Predictors and Interventions on Recovery from Surgery
• Chapter 10: Emergency Mental Health after Traumatic Events.