An Outline of Psychology as Applied to Medicine

1 Psychology and Medicine 1.1 Psychology in Relation to Medicine 1.2 Pain as a Model2 Human Information Processing 2.1 Attention and Perception 2.2 Perceptual Processing 2.3 Pathologies of Perception 2.4 Perceptual Learning 2.5 Memory3 Brain Mechanisms and Behavior 3.1 Hemisphere Differences in Function 3.2 Localization of Functions4 Arousal, Circadian Rhythms and Sleep 4.1 Arousal 4.2 Circadian Rhythms 4.3 Sleep5 Stress, Emotion and Illness 5.1 The Nature of Stress 5.2 The Psychophysiology of Emotion 5.3 Stress and Illness6 Individual Differences in Intelligence 6.1 Intelligence: What is It? 6.2 Intelligence Tests and Their Clinical Applications 6.3 Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Intelligence 6.4 Improving Intellectual Abilities: Compensatory Education 6.5 Mental Handicap: the Problem of Low Intelligence7 Individual Differences in Personality 7.1 Personality: an Introduction 7.2 Personality Differences in Response to Illness and Treatment 7.3 Approaches to Personality 7.4 The Assessment of Personality 7.5 Personality Differences: Some Concluding Remarks8 Child Development 8.1 Factors Influencing Child Development 8.2 an Outline of Child Development 8.3 Problems in Psychological Development9 Aging 9.1 The Nature of Aging 9.2 Studies of Aging: Some Cautionary Remarks 9.3 Psychological Changes 9.4 The Social Context of Aging 9.5 Clinical Considerations10 Patients and Doctors 10.1 Factors Influencing the Behavior of Patients and Doctors 10.2 Communication Problems and Their Effects 10.3 Patient Interviewing: Some General Guidelines 10.4 Non-Verbal Communication11 Diagnosis as Problem-Solving 11.1 Human Problem-Solving: Some General Characteristics 11.2 Diagnosis as a Problem-Solving Task 11.3 Problem-Solving and the Medical Record12 Coping with Illness and Handicap 12.1 Coping with Physical Illness 12.2 Coping with Chronic Illness 12.3 Coping with Terminal Illness 12.4 Psychosocial Consequences of Physical Handicap13 Psychosocial Aspects of Hospitalization 13.1 The Psychological Effects of Hospitalization 13.2 Psychological Responses to Specific Treatments 13.3 Stressful Medical Procedures in Hospital 13.4 Children in Hospital 13.5 The Hospital Environment: Negative and Positive Aspects14 Psychological Approaches to Treatment 14.1 Placebo Effects 14.2 The Behavioral Approach 14.3 Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches 14.4 Biofeedback 14.5 Psychotherapy 14.6 Counseling: a More General Approach to Helping Bibliography Index