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Print Product Page Name: Titles by same author. Add to Cart Add to Wishlist. Cassidy described the way behavior may positively or negatively affect the body by stating that lifestyles, life-events, and bad behavior are directly related to health and illness; the way we think about events determines our response to them in developing healthy or unhealthy behaviors and changes in behavior. Attitudes to health determine whether we hear or listen to advice from health professionals, and a person's personality may predispose the body to certain dysfunctions.

Psychology as the science of behavior and mental processes emphasizes training and knowledge about such aspects e. Moreover, it strives to understand how biological, behavioral, and social factors influence health and illness. Thus, psychologists as behavioral health providers play a major role in understanding how biological, behavioral, and social factors influence health, and illness.

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They are equipped with training, skills, and knowledge to understand how basic behavioral and cognitive processes e. They are trained, on the other hand, to perceive how these behavioral and cognitive functions are altered, the factors that contribute to their alteration, and how these dysfunctions are diagnosed and treated. In dealing with such problems, they are also trained and skilled to use several psychological, psychodiagnostic and psychotherapeutic techniques which help and affect the abilities of individuals to function in diverse settings and roles.

In addition, they help people to modify their behavior and lifestyle so as to prevent and recover from health problems. Consequently, demands for psychologists in hospitals and medical settings have dramatically increased and clinical health psychology has become one of the most important disciplines in health care. The development of Psychology as a health specialty and discipline has led to the emergence of several sub-fields and subspecialties. These sub-fields include clinical psychology, health psychology also referred to as medical psychology or behavioral medicine , clinical neuropsychology, counseling psychology, rehabilitation psychology, community psychology, and pediatric psychology with subspecialties in each field.

Clinical psychology is the application of psychological knowledge and skills, research and intervention techniques to health and illness, particularly as related to mental health. Overall, the field of clinical psychology integrates science, theory and practice to understand, predict and alleviate maladjustment, disabilities, and discomfort as well as to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development.

It, therefore, focuses on the intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human function in different cultures and at all socioeconomic levels. Clinical psychology has several subspecialties such as child and adolescent psychology, clinical adult psychology, clinical gero-psychology, clinical psychology of learning disabilities, clinical psychology of substance abuse and clinical forensic psychology.

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Evaluation of the psychopharmacology demonstration project; a retrospective analysis. Is psychiatry more mindful or brainier than it was a decade ago? Handbook of pediatric psychology. This change, from the biomedical paradigm to the biopsychosocial medicine, characterizes the current holistic model of health provision. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Issues of cultural safety and awareness have been strengthened throughout; there is a new section on chronic illness and a focus on recovery.

Health psychology sometimes referred to as medical psychology or behavioral medicine can be defined as the aggregate of the specific educational, scientific and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, the identification of etiological and diagnostic correlates of health, illness and related dysfunction, and the improvement of the health care system and health policy formation. Health Psychologists apply psychological research and methods to the prevention and management of disease, the promotion and maintenance of health, the identification of psychological factors that contribute to physical illness, the improvement of the health care system, and the formulation of health policy.

Thus, health psychologists are interested in how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness. Therefore, they are engaged in the promotion and maintenance of health-related behavior, the prevention and treatment of illness and analysis and improvement of the health care system. Clinical neuropsychology focuses on the brain-behavior relationship and how behaviour and behavioural problems are affected by the way the brain functions. Counseling psychology is a specialty in the field of psychology in which the practitioners help people as individuals and groups, to improve their well-being, alleviate their distress, resolve their crises, and increase their ability to solve problems and make decisions.

Counseling psychologists then help people to adjust to change or make changes in their lifestyle.

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They assist individuals and groups in areas related to personal wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, work, recreation, health, and crisis management. They may practice independently or work with clinical psychologists, child psychologists, and health psychologists or as academic counselors. Rehabilitation psychology is an applied clinical specialty in professional psychology concerned with the treatment and science of disabling and chronic health condition.

They help disabled individuals adapt to their situation, frequently they work with other health care professionals. They deal with such issues as pain management, personal adjustment, interpersonal relations at home and the work place. They have become more involved in public health programs to prevent disabilities. They also testify in the courts as expert witnesses on the causes and effects of the disabilities and rehabilitation required to improve the quality of life.

Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do. But caring encompasses more than simply looking after people's physical health needs. This book provides an introduction to psychology for allied health students text to the health behaviours of the people they care for, their colleagues and themselves. Senior Lecturer, Stream Coordinator Mental Health Nursing Programs.

Pediatric psychology is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the full range of physical and mental development, health and illness issues affecting children, adolescents and families. Moreover, they are involved in the improvement of the mental health services, the promotion of health and development, and the prevention of illness and injury to children and adolescents.

Community psychology moves beyond individuals to deal with problems of mental health and human relationships in communities. The services of the health care psychologist would be required in the following areas.

To provide important diagnostic interventions, and preventive services for the psychological problems in primary health care, illness prevention, and behavioral health promotion. To give psychological assessments and diagnoses, psychological treatments, and rehabilitation. These services are provided to a variety of age groups and special groups of patients.

These would include children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and people with special needs such as those with learning disabilities, the brain-damaged, and the mentally retarded. A psychologist is a member of the treatment team caring for the psychological aspects of patients suffering from acute and chronic life-threatening diseases such as cancer, respiratory and renal disease. In addition, the role of clinical neuropsychologist in the identification, assessment, patient care and cognitive rehabilitation of brain-damaged patients is increasing. Psychologists in hospitals and other health care facilities may work independently, or as a part of a team.

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First as clinical psychologists, they are mental health providers and usually render service through mental health units and psychiatric hospitals. Second, as health or medical psychologists, they are behavioral health providers and deal with the behavioral dimensions of the physical health and illness. They provide the clinical and health services to both inpatient and outpatient units as well as to patients who function independently and to those new patients who need evaluation.

One of the core roles of psychologists in hospitals and primary health care is clinical assessment. They use psychological tests and measurements for specific purposes. For instance, to assess current functioning in order to make diagnoses e. To achieve these purposes, psychologists use psychometric tests, which are standardized and validated tools to assess a wide range of functions including intelligence, personality, cognitive neuropsychology, motivations, aptitudes, health behavior, and intensity of mental health problems etc.

The tests used include behavioral assessment and observation encompassing the rating scales; intellectual assessments, e. Professional psychologists are the only mental and physical health professionals who have the legal right to use, administer, and interpret the psychological assessments. A major activity engaged in by psychologists in delivering health care is intervention or treatment, providing a wide variety of clinical interventions for individuals, groups, couples, and families with physical and mental health problems.

These interventions are directed at preventing, treating, and correcting emotional conflicts, personality disturbances, psychopathology, and the skill deficits underlying human distress and dysfunction.

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Many psychologists provide psychological consultation for health care professionals, businesspersons, schools, organizations, communities etc. For example, a psychologist may help a physician to better manage noncompliance with unpleasant medical procedure.

A businessman may consult a psychologist to help reduce conflicts among workers or provide stress management. As experts in human behavior, psychologists are considered as efficient and competent administrators. Because the understanding of human behavior in social contexts is considered the backbone of management, therefore psychologists find themselves in administrative positions in hospitals and other residential treatment settings. Clinicians from psychology serve as chairpersons of departments, units, or divisions in hospitals e.