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Available
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London ; New York : Routledge
ISBN
9780415188883
Description
This text examines the concepts which are fundamental to everyday nursing practice. Understanding how individuals function psychologically in health and illness is vital to providing appropriate care for all patients and clients. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, the author explores the basis of individual psychology focusing on personality traits, beliefs systems, body-image and self-esteem. Periods of illness are seen as psychologically demanding events which individuals cope with in different ways. The book considers how we recognize and interpret the signs a
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CONTENTS:
Part one Understanding Ourselves and Others -- 1 Self-awareness and reflective practice -- 2 The self-system -- 3 The development of the self in childhood -- Focus on clinical practice: children's reactions to separation -- 4 Evaluating and protecting the self -- Part two Reactions to Change, Challenging Events and Loss -- 5 Stress, appraisal and coping -- 6 Anxiety in clinical practice -- 7 Anger and aggression in clinical practice -- 8 Depression in clinical practice -- Focus on clinical practice: the myth of ageing and inevitable decline -- 9 Dying, bereavement and loss -- Part three Promoting and Maintaining Health -- 10 Health protective behavior -- Focus on clinical practice: quality of life -- 11 Compliance and non-compliance with medical advice -- Part four Psycho-physiology: The Relationship Between Mind and Body -- 12 Psycho-physiological reactions to acute and chronic stress -- Focus on clinical practice: stress and self-awareness -- 13 Personality type and disease -- 14 Psychological perspectives on pain -- Part five Applying Psychological Knowledge in Clinical Practice -- 15 Building and applying a psychological framework in clinical practice
Part one Understanding Ourselves and Others -- 1 Self-awareness and reflective practice -- 2 The self-system -- 3 The development of the self in childhood -- Focus on clinical practice: children's reactions to separation -- 4 Evaluating and protecting the self -- Part two Reactions to Change, Challenging Events and Loss -- 5 Stress, appraisal and coping -- 6 Anxiety in clinical practice -- 7 Anger and aggression in clinical practice -- 8 Depression in clinical practice -- Focus on clinical practice: the myth of ageing and inevitable decline -- 9 Dying, bereavement and loss -- Part three Promoting and Maintaining Health -- 10 Health protective behavior -- Focus on clinical practice: quality of life -- 11 Compliance and non-compliance with medical advice -- Part four Psycho-physiology: The Relationship Between Mind and Body -- 12 Psycho-physiological reactions to acute and chronic stress -- Focus on clinical practice: stress and self-awareness -- 13 Personality type and disease -- 14 Psychological perspectives on pain -- Part five Applying Psychological Knowledge in Clinical Practice -- 15 Building and applying a psychological framework in clinical practice