Health Psychology Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

   Edited by Panteleimon Ekkekakis

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Psychosocial Impact of Lupus

   Social Work's Role and Function

   Edited by N. Beckerman, Charles Auerbach

   With Lupus affecting more than 1.5 million Americans, predominantly women of childbearing age, there are many complex psychosocial challenges for the health care provider, the patient and the family. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the psychosocial impact of Lupus as a range of...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Social Skills and Health (Psychology Revivals)

   Edited by Michael Argyle

   Series: Psychology Revivals

   The efficiency of an organization and the well-being of those working within it are often dependent to a large extent on the social skills deployed by certain key personnel. The analysis of these skills and the training of people in their use had reached a stage of considerable sophistication....

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation

   Edited by Monna Arvinen-Barrow, Natalie Walker

   Athletes routinely use psychological skills and interventions for performance enhancement but, perhaps surprisingly, not always to assist in recovery from injury. This book demonstrates the ways in which athletes and practitioners can transfer psychological skills to an injury and rehabilitation...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
5. Implementing an Inpatient Smoking Cessation Program

   By Patricia M. Smith, C. Barr Taylor

   Implementing an Inpatient Smoking Cessation Program serves as a step-by-step manual for implementing a cost-effective tobacco cessation program for hospitalized patients. Based on the Staying Free program, which has evidenced among the highest cessation rates reported in the scientific literature,...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Pain

   Psychological Perspectives

   Edited by Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Kenneth D. Craig

   This invaluable resource presents a state-of-the-art account of the psychology of pain from leading researchers. It features contributions from clinical, social, and biopsychological perspectives, the latest theories of pain, as well as basic processes and applied issues. The book opens with...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
7. The Clinical Management of Early Alzheimer's Disease

   A Handbook

   Edited by Reinhild Mulligan, Martial Van der Linden, Anne-Claude Juillerat

   The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when dementia...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. Working Memory

   The Connected Intelligence

   Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ross G. Alloway

   Series: Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology

   Working memory – the conscious processing of information – is increasingly recognized as one of the most important aspects of intelligence. This fundamental cognitive skill is deeply connected to a great variety of human experience – from our childhood, to our old age, from our...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Psychology Press
9. Loneliness Updated

   Recent research on loneliness and how it affects our lives

   Edited by Ami Rokach

   "To be alone is to be different. To be different is to be alone, and to be in the interior of this fatal circle is to be lonely. To be lonely is to have failed" (Susan Schultz, 1976) Loneliness carries a significant social stigma, as lack of friendship and social ties is socially undesirable, and...

   Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. Caring and Well-being

    A Lifeworld Approach

    By Kathleen Galvin, Les Todres

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

    Something is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient’s experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge