name:"Walker, Carl" found 2 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

Contents: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Skin disease and psychology: a multitude of links -- Skin disease and body image -- Self-schema(s) and body image -- The psychological impact of skin disease -- Management -- Theoretical models and psychodermatology -- The diatheses-stress paradigm -- Stress and dermatology -- About the book -- REFERENCES -- 2 Psychoneuroimmunology -- Introduction -- History -- Afferent pathway -- Efferent pathway -- Responses -- The neuroendocrine pathway -- Changes in disease -- Cytokines in depression and anxiety -- Inflammatory skin disease -- Atopic eczema -- Psoriasis -- Cutaneous viral infections -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 3 Psychiatric comorbidity in dermatological disorders -- Introduction -- Major depressive disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- BDD and other body image pathologies -- Delusional disorder and other psychotic symptoms -- Personality disorders -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 4 Stigmatisation and skin conditions -- What types of stigmatisation do people encounter? -- What is the nature of these experiences? -- Why does stigmatisation occur? -- What effects does stigmatisation have? -- Why does stigmatisation matter? -- How might stigmatisation be reduced? -- Future research -- REFERENCES -- 5 Coping with chronic skin conditions: factors important in explaining individual variation in adjustment -- Introduction -- Defining skin conditions' -- What do people living with chronic skin conditions have to cope with? -- The symptoms and their treatments -- The social and psychological impact of skin conditions -- Individual variation in the psychosocial impact -- Explanatory factors in coping and adjustment -- Disease and treatment factors -- Predisposing developmental factors -- Ongoing sociocultural factors -- Cognitive factors: personality characteristics and core beliefs -- Coping -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 6 Skin disease and relationships -- In sickness and in health -- Coping and adjustment -- Attachment styles -- Appearance, attraction and shame -- Difficulties in communication -- Changes in social networks -- Body image and sexual intimacy -- Relationship-focused coping -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Acknowledgements -- 7 The impact of skin disease on children and their families -- The impact of skin disease on the psychological well-being of the child and family -- Theoretical models of the psychological impact of skin disease during childhood -- The impact of skin disease on the mother-child relationship -- The impact of skin conditions on self-esteem -- Accessing psychological services for children with skin conditions -- Summary -- REFERENCES -- 8 Psychological therapies for dermatological problems -- Introduction -- Psychosocial impact of skin diseases -- Psychological approaches to treatment for dermatological conditions --t

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