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Health Psychology

Seventh  Edition©2023  Richard O. Straub

About

Straub’s Health Psychology will show you how psychology and health are interconnected. The text is comprehensive in its approach, includes engaging real world examples, and thoroughly examines the intersection of diversity and health with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and orientation.

Table of Contents

Part 1 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Chapter 1 Introducing Health Psychology
Chapter 2 Research in Health Psychology
Chapter 3 Biological Foundations of Health and Illness

Part 2 STRESS AND HEALTH

Chapter 4 Stress
Chapter 5 Coping with Stress

Part 3 BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH

Chapter 6 Staying Healthy: Primary Prevention and
Positive Psychology
Chapter 7 Exercise, Sleep, and Injury Prevention
Chapter 8 Nutrition, Obesity, and Eating Disorders
Chapter 9 Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction

Part 4 CHRONIC AND LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES

Chapter 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Chapter 11 Cancer
Chapter 12 Sexually Transmitted Infections: HIV/AIDS and
Other Communicable Conditions

Part 5 SEEKING TREATMENT

Chapter 13 The Role of Health Psychology in Seeking and
Obtaining Health Care
Chapter 14 Managing Pain
Chapter 15 Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Epilogue Health Psychology Today and Tomorrow

Richard O. Straub

Richard O. Straub is professor emeritus of psychology and founding director of the graduate program in health psychology at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. After receiving his PhD in experimental psychology from Columbia University and serving as a National Institute of Mental Health fellow at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Straub joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1979. Since then, he has focused on research in health psychology, especially mind–body issues in stress, cardiovascular reactivity, and the effects of exercise on physical and psychological health. His research has been published in such journals as Health Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. A recipient of the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Teaching award and the Alumni Society’s Faculty Member of the Year award, Dr. Straub is extensively involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education. His professional devotion to health psychology dovetails with his personal devotion to fitness and good health. Dr. Straub has completed hundreds of road races and marathons (including multiple Boston Marathons, Ironman Triathlons, and the IRONMAN Hawaii and half-IRONMAN World Championship races).