Author : J.A. Skelton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1461390745
How do individuals conceive illness and symptoms? Do their conceptions conflict with the physician's views of their illness, and what happens if they do? This book thoroughly explores the field of disease representation, describes and discusses lay illness models in a variety of social, histo- rical and cultural contexts.
Author : Lawrence C. Rubin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,62 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786488638
Whether in movies, cartoons, commercials, or even fast food marketing, psychology and mental illness remain pervasive in popular culture. In this collection of new essays, scholars from a range of fields explore representations of mental illness and disabilities across various media of popular culture. Contributors address how forms of psychiatric disorder have been addressed in film, on stage, and in literature, how popular culture genres are utilized to communicate often confusing and conflicted relationships with the mentally ill, and how popular cultures around the world reflect mental illness and disability. Analyses of sources as disparate as the Batman films, Broadway musicals and Nigerian home movies reveal how definitions of mental illness, mental health, and of psychology itself intersect with discourses on race, gender, law, capitalism, and globalization. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Ivana Marková
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9783718656585
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1501745808
Sander L. Gilman, whose pioneering work on the history of stereotypes has become a model for scholars in many fields, here examines the images that society creates of disease and its victims.
Author : Linda Diane Cameron
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780415297011
Self-regulation theory focuses on the ways in which individuals direct and monitor their activities and emotions in order to attain their goals. This text presents recent developments in health psychology research, covering topics such as representational beliefs, anxiety and personality.
Author : Susan Ayers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1139465260
Health psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine. This new edition is fully reworked and revised, offering an entirely up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for clinical psychologists, mental health professionals and specialists in health-related matters. There are two new editors: Susan Ayers from the University of Sussex and Kenneth Wallston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The prestigious editorial team and their international, interdisciplinary cast of authors have reconceptualised their much-acclaimed handbook. The book is now in two parts: part I covers psychological aspects of health and illness, assessments, interventions and healthcare practice. Part II covers medical matters listed in alphabetical order. Among the many new topics added are: diet and health, ethnicity and health, clinical interviewing, mood assessment, communicating risk, medical interviewing, diagnostic procedures, organ donation, IVF, MMR, HRT, sleep disorders, skin disorders, depression and anxiety disorders.
Author : Keith J. Petrie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 113440154X
First Published in 1997. The study of how individuals perceive and make sense of health and illness is a new and rapidly developing area in health psychology. The field has seen important recent theoretical developments and applications to a wide range of health threats and illnesses. The first section of this book examines the current theoretical and measurement issues in the field and includes issues related to illness perceptions across the lifespan, disability, and the assessment of illness representations in chronic illness. The second section addresses the role of illness perceptions in health screening and prevention and includes work on perceptions of genetic disease, cancer screening, and how individuals process health risk information. The third section is concerned with the application of the illness perceptions approach to patients with chronic illness and those undergoing treatment. Illnesses examined using this approach include chronic fatigue syndrome, breast cancer, diabetes, and myocardial infarction.
Author : Peter Salovey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781841690162
"The volume also contains an introductory chapter by the editors providing a history of personality and social psychology's interest in health and illness. Together with overviews for each section, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, the volume is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on health psychology."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Susan Ayers
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781849724449
Health psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine. This text offers a comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for clinical psychologists, mental health professionals and specialists in health-related matters.
Author : Kimberley McMahon-Coleman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476640203
In past decades portrayals of mental illness on television were limited to psychotic criminals or comical sidekicks. As public awareness of mental illness has increased so too have its depictions on the small screen. A gradual transition from stereotypes towards more nuanced representations has seen a wide range of lead characters with mental health disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, autism spectrum disorder, dissociative identity disorder, anxiety, depression and PTSD. But what are these portrayals saying about mental health and how closely do they align with real-life experiences? Drawing on interviews with people living with mental illness, this book traces these shifts, placing on-screen depictions in context and demonstrating their real world impacts.
