The Health Psychology Handbook: Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine Specialist is a comprehensive yet practical volume that consolidates information needed by health psychologists working alongside other healthcare professionals.

Table of Contents

• Foreword - Cynthia D. Belar
• Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine Specialist
• Introduction to Part I
• Health Psychology Practice in Medical Settings - Richard J. Seime, Matthew M. Clark and Stephen P. Whiteside
• Psychological Assessment Screening in Medical Settings - Michael D. Franzen
• Working With a Multidisciplinary Staff - Helen R. Winefield and Anna Chur-Hansen
• Motivational Enhancement Interventions and Health Behaviors - Thad R. Leffingwell
• Brief Psychotherapies and Group Treatments in General Health Care Settings - Deborah J. Wiebe, Lindsey Bloor and Timothy W. Smith
• Behaviors That Compromise Overall Health Status
• Introduction to Part II
• Alcohol Problems: Causes, Definitions, and Treatments - Joel Erblich and Mitch Earleywine
• The Etiology and Treatment of Nicotine Dependence: A Biopsychosocial Perspective - Lee M. Cohen, Dennis E. McChargue, Monica Cortez-Garland, Eric H. Prensky and Sadie Emery
• Obesity and Body Image Disturbance - Myles S. Faith and J. Kevin Thompson
• Physical Inactivity as a Risk Factor for Chronic Disease - Krista A. Barbour, Timothy T. Houle and Patricia M. Dubbert
• Stress and Health - Frank L. Collins, Jr., Kristen H. Sorocco, Kimberly R. Haala, Brian I. Miller and William R. Jlovallo
• Management of Inappropriate Medication-Seeking Behavior - Suzy Bird Gulliver, Barbara A. Wolfsdorf and Alexander Michas
• Adherence to Medical Recommendations - Jnicole E. Berlant and Sheri D. Pruitt
• Behavioral Aspects of Medical Problems
• Introduction to Part III
• Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations in Chronic Pain - Jennifer L. Boothby, Melissa C. Kuhajda and Beverly E. Thorn
• Hypertension - Mustafa Al'Absi and Richard G. Hoffman
• Coronary Heart Disease: Behavioral Cardiology in Clinical Practice - Steven M. Schwartz and Mark W. Ketterer
• Behavioral Management of Type 2 Diabetes - Ahna L. Hoff, Janelle L. Wagner, Larry L. Mullins and John M. Chaney
• Psycho-Oncology - Shulamith Kreitler
• Sexual Dysfunctions: Etiology and Treatment - Sheila Garos
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Andrew C. Blalock and Peter E. Campos
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Jeffrey M. Lackner
• Insomnia and the Sleep Disorders - Valerie A. Wolfe and Sheri D. Pruitt
• Special Issues
• Introduction to Part IV
• Ethical Issues for Clinicians in Behavioral Medicine Settings - Jnicole J. Siegfried and Chebon A. Porter
• Ethnocultural Issues in Behavioral Medicine - Hector F. Myers and Wei-Chin Hwang
• Women's Health Issues - Csilla T. Csoboth
• Issues With Geriatric Populations - Barry A. Edelstein, Andrea K. Shreve-Jneiger, Adam P. Spira and Lesley P. Koven
• Public Health Approaches: Finding the Interface With Health Psychology - Jalie A. Tucker, Joshua C. Klapow and Cathy A. Simpson
• Practical Research in a Medical Setting Is Good Medicine - Kathleen M. Palm, Jack L. M. Mutnick, David O. Antonuccio and Elizabeth V. Gifford
• Evaluating Outcomes in Health Care Settings - Joaquin Borrego, Jr. and William C. Follette
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors