Coping and complaining : attachment and the language of dis-ease /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Wilkinson, Simon R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hove ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2003
Subjects:	Clinical health psychology. Sick > Psychology. Adjustment (Psychology) Attachment behavior. Health attitudes. Physician and patient. Sick Role Emotional Adjustment Attitude to Health Object Attachment Physician-Patient Relations
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

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.

Coping and complaining : attachment and the language of dis-ease /

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