Health Psychology: Contributions to the Indian Health System

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This book provides a holistic understanding of the state of health psychology in the Indian context and the types of psychological and social support and welfare that are offered and required within treatment processes for various illnesses. The book discusses why health care should be the prerogative of both the biomedical profession and health psychologists and how they work together with medical professionals to augment public health. It emphasises the shift from biomedical to biopsychosocial approach in strengthening health care outcomes. The book highlights the substantial contribution of health psychology to the Indian health care system through simple, cost-effective, indigenous, and standardised techniques that worked efficiently in the context of various diseases. It projects the emerging trends and innovative techniques in health psychology in handling challenging health care needs. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, psychiatry, social psychology, sociology, social work and South Asian studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication CONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements PART I: Holistic Approach to Health 1. Evidence-Based Health Care: Contributions of Health Psychology 2. Health Communication as a Preface to Management of Non-Communicable Diseases 3. Health and Well-Being for All: Policy Perspectives in the Indian Context 4. Implementation Research for Public Health and Preventive Health Care in India PART II: Health and Well-Being of Individuals in Society 5. Residential Crowding and Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Role of Helplessness 6. Health in the Culturally Changing Underdeveloped Adivasi Communities 7. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Among Type 2 Diabetics: Health Behaviour Models-Based Investigation PART III: Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Diseases 8. Psychological Necessities of Patients Electing Cardiac Bypass Surgery: A Review and Roadmap 9. Illness Perception and Adherence Behaviour in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease 10. Optimizing Hypertension Management: Children as Adherence Monitors for Adult Patients PART IV: Psychosocial Factors in Diabetes Management 11. Illness Perceptions and Quality of Life of Diabetic Patients: Role of Perceived Control of Internal States 12. Illness Perceptions and Diabetes Self-Management: A Mixed-Method Approach PART V: Critical Care Needs and Psychological Support 13. The Intensive Care Unit Experiences and Repercussions: Need for Psychosocial Care 14. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: The Unmet Information and Supportive Care Needs of Cancer Patients Index