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This proven text provides a concise introduction to health topics, bringing students current information about health and wellness topics. An affordable alternative to larger health texts, it includes a built-in study guide. For the 2004 Update, the overall content, organization, and features of the ninth edition remain in place, but key topics and issues have been updated with the most recent information available.

Table of Contents:
1 Taking Charge of Your Health Wellness: The New Health Goal Choosing Wellness How Do You Reach Wellness? Being Healthy for Life 2 Stress: The Constant Challenge What is Stress? Stress and Disease Common Sources of Stress Techniques for Managing Stress Creating a Personal Plan for Managing Stress 3 Psychological Health What Psychological Health is Not Defining Psychological Health Meeting Life's Challenges Psychological Disorders Getting Help 4 Intimate Relationships and Communication Developing Intimate Relationships Communication Pairing and Singlehood Marriage Family Life 5 Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbirth Sexual Anatomy Hormones and the Reproductive Life Cycle Sexual Functioning Sexual Behavior Understanding Fertility Pregnancy Childbirth 6 Contraception and Abortion Principles of Contraception Reversible Contraception Permanent Contraception: Sterilization Which Contraceptive Method is Right for You? The Abortion Issue 7 The Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Drugs Addictive Behavior Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence How Drugs Affect the Body Representative psychoactive Drugs Drug Use: The Decades Ahead 8 Alcohol and Tobacco The Nature of Alcohol Alcohol and Health Alcohol Abuse and Dependence Why People Use Tobacco Health Hazards The Effects of Smoking on the Nonsmoker What Can Be Done? How a Tobacco user Can Quit 9 Nutrition Basics Nutritional Requirements: Components of a Healthy Diet Nutritional Guidelines: Planning Your Diet A Personal Plan: Making Informed Choices About Food 10 Exercise for Health and Fitness What is Physical Fitness? The Benefits of Exercise Designing Your Exercise Program Getting Started and Staying On Track 11 Weight Management Basic Concepts of Weight Management Factors Contributing to Excess Body Fat Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle for Successful Weight Management Approaches to Overcoming a Weight Problem Eating Disorders 12 Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer The Cardiovascular System Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Major Forms of Cardiovascular Disease Protecting Yourself Against Cardiovascular Disase What is Cancer? Common Cancers The Causes of Cancer Detecting, Diagnosing, and Treating Cancer Preventing Cancer 13 Immunity and Infection The Chain of Infection The Body's Defense System The Troublemakers: Pathogens and Disease Giving Yourself a Fighting Chance: How to Support Your Immune System Sexually Transmitted Diseases Other STDs What You Can Do About STDs 14 The Challenge of Aging Generating Vitality As You Age Confronting the changes of Aging Life In An Aging America What Is Death? Planning for Death Coping With Dying Coping With Loss Coming to Terms with Death 15 Conventional and Complementary Medicine: Skills for the Health Care Consumer Self-Care: Managing Medical problems professional medical and Health Care: Choices and Change Conventional Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine Paying For Health Care 16 Personal Safety: Protecting Yourself from Unintentional Injuries and Violence Unintentional Injuries Violence and Intentional Injuries Providing Emergency Care 17 Environmental Health Classic Environmental Health Concerns Population Growth Pollution Healing the Environment Appendix: Nutritional Content of Popular Items from Fast-Food Restaurants Index Study Guide

About the Author :
Paul Insel, Ph.D. is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been the principal investigator of numerous NIH studies involving health education, mental health, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and nutrition. He has authored 14 books and more than 100 articles. Walton T. Roth, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford Uni-versity School of Medicine, and Chief of the Psychiatric Consultation Service at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He is author of over 150 research articles about how the body reacts to stress and psychological disorders. His clinical specialties are the treatment of anxiety disor-ders and psychiatric consultation in the general hospital.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780072878608
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 274 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1073 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0072878606
  • Publisher Date: 16 Aug 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 213 mm


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