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Psychology and Medicine Psychology and Medicine What Is Health?Why Is Psychology Important? Different Approaches to Medicine PART ONE:PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH Motivation, Emotion, and Health Motivation andHealth Emotion Emotion and Health Stress and Health What Is Stress?Stress and Health Stress in Medicine Managing Stress Symptoms andIllness Symptom Perception Pain Placebo and Nocebo EffectsIllness Beliefs and Representations Health and Behaviour Predicting andChanging Health Behaviour The Health Belief Model The Theory of PlannedBehaviour The Transtheoretical Model PRIME Theory Chronic Illness,Death, and Dying Chronic Illness Psychological Intervention Deathand Dying Death and Medical Practice PART TWO: BASIC FOUNDATIONS OFPSYCHOLOGY Brain and Behaviour Components and Organization of the NervousSystem Communication Within and between Neurons Structure of the Brainand Central Nervous System Control of Movement Sleep, Consciousness,and Biological Clocks Psychosocial Development across the LifespanChildhood Adolescence Adulthood Old Age Social PsychologyAttitudes Self-Psychology Individuals and Groups Anti-social andPro-social Behaviour Learning, Perception, and Memory PerceptionAttention Learning Memory PART THREE: BODY SYSTEMS Immunity andProtection Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity Psychological Aspectsof Immune Disorders Skin Cancer Cardiovascular and RespiratoryCardiovascular Health Respiratory Health Gastrointestinal PsychologicalFactors and the GI System Lifestyle and GI Health GI DisordersReproduction and Endocrinology Reproduction Endocrine Disorders andPsychosocial Wellbeing Genitourinary Medicine Sexual Health SexuallyTransmitted Diseases Prostate and Testicular Cancer UrinaryIncontinence and Renal Failure Psychiatry and Neurology PsychiatryDiagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders Neurological DisordersNeuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation PART FOUR: HEALTHCAREPRACTICE Evidence-Based Medicine Evidence-Based Medicine Adherence toTreatment Doctor-Patient Communication Clinical Interviewing How WeCommunicate Clinical Interviewing Difficult Interviews Giving BadNews Psychological Intervention What Is Psychotherapy? Which Therapy isBest? Psychological Interventions in Medical Settings