The Health Psychology Handbook

Lee M. Cohen is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Texas Tech University. He completed graduate training in clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University and was subsequently funded by NIH/NIDA, which led to a Postdoctoral Fellowship specializing in behavioral medicine at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. While there, he participated in collaborative research regarding adult and adolescent smoking cessation interventions and consulted to physicians in a primary care clinic setting to assist in management of patients' medical problems with focus on prevention, education, and behavioral management of a number of health problems. Dennis E. McChargue holds a joint appointment at the University of Illinois-Chicago as a Research Assistant Professor and at the Edwards Hines Jr. VA Hospital as a Health Research Scientist. His research examines biobehavioral factors associated with treatment of smokers with co-morbid psychopathology. His research on the influence of negative moods on nicotine-dependent individuals with a history of depression is funded by the NIH and Department of Veterans Affairs. He conducted two years of postdoctoral training at U.I.-Chicago focusing on pharmacological and behavioral treatment of nicotine-dependent people with co-morbid depression. He also completed an internship at the Boston University/Boston VAMC Consortium on treatment of substance abuse patients with co-morbid PTSD. Frank L. Collins, Jr., is Professor/Director of Clinical Training at Oklahoma State University's Clinical Psychology Program. He has held academic and clinical positions at Rush Medical College and West Virginia University. Over the years, he has provided behavioral medicine services for patients with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, cancer, and neurological disorders. His current research focuses on behavioral economic theories of substance abuse, particularly studies of nicotine dependence.

Foreword - Cynthia D. Belar PART ONE. PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR THE BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST Introduction - Lee M. Cohen, Dennis E. McChargue, & Frank L. Collins 1. Health Psychology Practice in Medical Settings - Richard J. Seime, Matthew M. Clark, & Stephen P. Whiteside 2. Psychological Assessment Screening in Medical Settings - Michael D. Franzen 3. Working with a Multi-Disciplinary Staff - Helen R. Winefield & Anna Chur-Hansen 4. Motivational Enhancement Interventions & Health Behaviors - Thad R. Leffingwell 5. Brief Psychotherapies & Group Treatments in General Health Care Settings - Deborah J. Wiebe, Lindsey Bloor, & Timothy W. Smith PART TWO. BEHAVIORS THAT COMPROMISE OVERALL HEALTH STATUS Introduction - Lee M. Cohen, Dennis E. McChargue, & Frank L. Collins 6. Alcohol Problems: Causes, Definitions, & Treatments - Joel Erblich & Mitch Earleywine 7. The Etiology & Treatment of Nicotine Dependence: A Biopsychosocial Perspective - Lee M. Cohen, Dennis E. McChargue, Monica Cortez-Garland, Eric Prensky, & Sadie Emery 8. Obesity & Body Image Disturbance - Myles S. Faith & J. Kevin Thompson 9. Physical Inactivity as a Risk Factor for Chronic Disease - Krista A. Barbour, Timothy T. Houle, & Patricia M. Dubbert 10. Stress & Health - Frank L. Collins, Jr., Kristen H. Sorocco, Kimberly R. Haala, Brian I. Miller, & William R. Lovallo 11. Management of Inappropriate Medication-Seeking Behavior - Suzy Bird Gulliver, Barbara A. Wolfsdorf, & Alexander Michas 12. Adherence to Medical Recommendations - Nicole E. Berlant & Sheri D. Pruitt PART THREE. BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS 13. Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations in Chronic Pain - Jennifer L. Boothby, Melissa C. Kuhajda, & Beverly E. Thorn 14. Hypertension - Mustafa al'Absi & Richard G. Hoffman 15. Coronary Heart Disease: Behavioral Cardiology in Clinical Practice - Steven M. Schwartz & Mark W. Ketterer 16. Behavioral Management of Type2 Diabetes - Ahna L. Hoff, Janelle L. Wagner, Larry L. Mullins, & John M. Chaney 17. Psycho-oncology - Shulamith Kreitler 18. Sexual Dysfunction: Etiology & Treatment - Sheila Garos 19. Human Immunodeficiency Virus & Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Andrew C. Blalock & Peter E. Campos 20. Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Jeffrey M. Lackner 21. Insomnia & the Sleep Disorders - Valerie A. Wolfe & Sheri D. Pruitt PART FOUR. SPECIAL ISSUES Introduction - Lee M. Cohen, Dennis E. McChargue, & Frank L. Collins 22. Ethical Issues for Clinicians in Behavioral Medicine Settings - Nicole J. Siegfried & Chebon A. Porter 23. Ethnocultural Issues in Behavioral Medicine - Hector F. Myers & Wei-Chin Hwang 24. Women's Health Issues - Csilla T. Csoboth 25. Issues with Geriatric Populations - Barry A. Edelstein, Andrea K. Shreve-Neiger, Adam P. Spira, & Lesley P. Koven 26. Public Health Approaches: Finding the Interface with Health Psychology - Jalie A. Tucker, Joshua C. Klapow, & Cathy A. Simpson 27. Practical Research in Medical Setting is Good Medicine - Kathleen M. Palm, Jack L.-M. Mutnick, David O. Antonuccio, & Elizabeth V. Gifford 28. Evaluating Outcomes in Health Care Settings - Joaquin Borrego, Jr., & William C. Follette Name Index Subject Index

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