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Author:   Peter W. Halligan (School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK) ,  Mansel Aylward (Director, UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, Cardiff University, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.424kg
ISBN:  

9780198530114

ISBN 10:   0198530110
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   20 April 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Peter W. Halligan & Mansel Aylward: Introduction - the relevance of belief for understanding and managing illness behaviour Conceptual and psychological perspectives Peter W. Halligan: Beliefs: explaining illness and shaping experience 2: Vaughan Bell, Peter W. Halligan & Hadyn D. Ellis: A cognitive neuroscience of belief 3: David F. Marks: Biased beliefs and the subjective validation effect 4: Quinton Deeley: The cognitive anthropology of belief 5: Irving Kirsch: Placebo: the role of expectancies in the generation and alleviation of illness Clinical and occupational perspectives Mansel Aylward: Beliefs: clinical and vocational interventions; tackling psychological and social determinants of illness and disability 6: &IAnthony F. Jorm & Kathleen M. Griffiths: Public and medical beliefs about mental disorders and their treatment 7: Robert Horne: Beliefs and adherence to treatment: the challenge for research and clinical practice 8: Peter Salmon: Explaining unexplained symptoms: the role of beliefs in clinical management 9: A. Kim Burton, Gordon Waddell & Chris J. Main: Beliefs and obstacles to recovery in low back pain 10: Derick T. Wade: Belief in rehabilitation, the hidden power for change 11: Rachelle Buchbinder: Managing disability in public policy initiatives 12: Duncan B. Double: Clinician bias in diagnosis and treatment 13: Robert Ferrari, Oliver Kwan & Jon Friel: Volition and psychosocial factors in illness behaviour

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...an interesting and thought-provoking book that presents a broad overview of an important topic...useful for anyone wanting a good reference point of the different theoretical and applied perspectives of the study of beliefs. * Critial Public Health *

...an interesting and thought-provoking book that presents a broad overview of an important topic...useful for anyone wanting a good reference point of the different theoretical and applied perspectives of the study of beliefs. Critial Public Health

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