1. 'I'm ill; you're sick' -- 2. Genes, brain and the internal milieu: Our limits and resources -- 3. Learning and memory: A basis for understanding development and change in the face of threat and danger -- 4. The ideal patient: The 'balanced' type B attachment strategies -- 5. 'I'm OK; don't worry about me. 'The dismissing' type A attachment strategies -- 6. 'My pain is really terrible. What are you going to do about it?': The 'preoccupied' type C attachment strategies, and other classifications -- 7. Ambiguous symptoms and the attachment strategies of health professionals -- 8. Goal-corrected partnerships for health
Summary
This book provides essential guidance for clinicians on how to identify various coping styles, and how to improve the quality of discourse with people of different backgrounds and ages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-312) and index
