An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine
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An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine

  1. 276 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine

About this book

An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine presents an extensive examination of medicine in relation to psychology. It discusses the pathologies of perception. It addresses studies in the human information processing. Some of the topics covered in the book are the brain mechanisms and behavior; pathologies of perception; psychophysiology of emotion; nature of stress; intelligence tests and their clinical applications; improving intellectual abilities using compensatory education; hemisphere differences in function; and personality differences in response to illness and treatment. The definition and description of factors influencing child development are fully covered. An in-depth account of the factors influencing the behavior of patients and doctors are provided. The general characteristics of human problem solving are completely presented. A chapter is devoted to psychosocial aspects of hospitalization. Another section focuses on the stressful medical procedures in hospitals. The book can provide useful information to psychologists, doctors, students, and researchers.

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Yes, you can access An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine by John Weinman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psicologia & Storia e teoria della psicologia. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. An Outline of Psychology: As applied to Medicine
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. Preface to the First Edition
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chapter 1. Psychology and medicine
  10. Chapter 2. Human information processing
  11. Chapter 3. Brain mechanisms and behaviour
  12. Chapter 4. Arousal, circadian rhythms and sleep
  13. Chapter 5. Stress, emotion and illness
  14. Chapter 6. Individual differences in intelligence
  15. Chapter 7. Individual differences in personality
  16. Chapter 8. Child development
  17. Chapter 9. Ageing
  18. Chapter 10. Patients and doctors
  19. Chapter 11. Diagnosis as problem-solving
  20. Chapter 12. Coping with illness and handicap
  21. Chapter 13. Psychosocial aspects of hospitalization
  22. Chapter 14. Psychological approaches to treatment
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index