Psychobiological processes in health and illness /
Kate Hamilton-West.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
- xix, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mind-body connection -- Link between stress and illness -- Positive processes in health and illness -- Healthy disposition -- Pain -- At risk populations -- Psychobiological interventions -- Methodological issues in psychobiological research -- Summary and future directions.
An accessible and engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics, including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioural genetics.