Overview
- Comprehensive title outlining the use of state-of-the-art, evidence-based psychosocial interventions in the care of individuals with medical illness
- Outlines psychosocial factors associated with a condition, specific treatment strategies, empirical evidence, a case example, and resources for additional information
- Developed by leading experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Psychiatry (CCPSY)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Emerging Areas
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Back Matter
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About this book
This text outlines the importance of biopsychosocial factors in improving medical care, and illustrates evidence-based, state-of-the-art interventions for patients with a variety of medical conditions. Each chapter is focused on a particular health concern or illness, which is described both in terms of prevalence and frequent psychological and psychiatric comorbidities that may present to clinicians working with these populations. Consistent with evidence-based care, information on the efficacy of the treatments being described is presented to support their continued use. To accommodate the needs of clinicians, we describe population specific approaches to treatment, including goal settings, modules and skills as well as strategies to assess and monitor progress. To facilitate learning, each chapter contains one or more case examples that explicate the skills described to convey change within a behavioral medicine protocol. Each chapter also includes resources in the form ofbooks and websites to gain additional knowledge and detail as needed. Authors are experts in the field of each chapter, ensuring that information presented is recent and of high quality.
Reviews
“This book highlits importance of biopsychosocial factors in improving medical care and illustrates evidence-based interventions for patients with a variety of medical conditions. … it is very useful for specialty physicians, advanced practice nurse leaders and psychosomatic clinicians.” (Mirna Peco, Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, Vol. 53 (1), 2017)
“The purpose of this book is the dissemination of the programs it developed. The target audience is ‘clinicians, researchers, academicians and graduates in the field of clinical psychology.’ It is a valuable read for specialty physicians and advanced practice nurse leaders, psychosomatic clinicians, and others who may catalyze similar programming. … Kudos are due to the authors for evolving these programs and presenting a concise, easy-to-digest guidebook.” (Alan Anthony Amberg, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Associate Professor of Psychology
Harvard Medical School
Behavioral Medicine Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
One Bowdoin Square
7th floor, Suite 758
Boston, MA 02114
USA
Joseph A Greer, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychology
Harvard Medical School
Center for Psychiatric Oncology and Behavioral Sciences
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
55 Fruit Street
Boston MA, 02114-2696
USA
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Steven A Safren, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Behavioral Medicine
Book Subtitle: A Clinician's Guide to Evidence-based Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals with Medical Illness
Editors: Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Joseph A. Greer, Steven A. Safren
Series Title: Current Clinical Psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29294-6
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29292-2Published: 24 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80534-4Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29294-6Published: 17 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2626-241X
Series E-ISSN: 2626-2398
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 342
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychiatry, Psychology, general, Primary Care Medicine, Public Health