| Description |
xviii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Pediatric and Adolescent Health Psychology During the Health Care Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2. Prevention of Infant Deaths -- 3. Assessment of the Problem of Childhood Disability in a Third World Country: Jamaica -- 4. Diabetes Self-Management in Children -- 5. Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa -- 6. Headache -- 7. Psychosocial Consequences of Epilepsy -- 8. Burn Injuries -- 9. Cystic Fibrosis -- 10. Asthma -- 11. Drug Abuse in Adolescence -- 12. Smoking and Peer Influence -- 13. Alcohol Abuse -- 14. A Model of Risk Factors Involved in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity -- 15. Cardiovascular Health Promotion -- 16. Nutrition and Food Choice Behavior Among Children and Adolescents -- 17. The Effects of Exercise on Children and Adolescents -- 18. Enhancing Dental Adherence -- 19. Preparation to Undergo Medical Procedures -- 20. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 21. Daily Stress and Coping in Childhood and Adolescence -- 22. Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Other Than Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- 23. Sleep Disorders -- 24. Adaption to Parental Chronic Illness -- 25. Mental Retardation and Physical Health -- 26. Suicide Attempts and Completion During Adolescence: A Biopsychosocial Perspective -- 27. Determinants of Abuse and the Effects of Violence on Children and Adolescents -- 28. Ethical and Legal Issues in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Psychology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Clinical health psychology.
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Health behavior in adolescence.
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Health behavior in children.
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| Author |
Goreczny, Anthony J.
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Hersen, Michel.
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| LC no. |
97036968 |
| ISBN |
020515624X |
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