This unique book is the first to bring together the world of health
psychology with that of complementary and alternative medicine
(CAM).
The authors draw on their wealth of experience as health
psychologists to explore the relationship between health psychology
and CAM and look at how an understanding of one can be used to
inform the other.
Through an open-minded but rigorous approach to CAM, the authors
identify where psychology can help to answer some crucial
questions, such as why CAM sometimes appears to work, why sometimes
it does not, and why some people are drawn to it and others
not.
Key topics covered include:
models of the person health beliefs and experimental
psychology
placebo
research methods in CAM
stress, coping and stress management
pain and chronic illness
communications and interactions between client and therapist
While CAM has often been dismissed out of hand by scientists,
the authors maintain that it deserves attention as a psychological
phenomenon alone, regardless of the actual efficacy as understood
by existing research.
This book's insightful observations on contemporary meanings of
health and illness and the future of CAM and health psychology make
it important reading for all psychologists and health
professionals.
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