Biopsychosocial Assessment in Clinical Health Psychology

Filling a key need, this practical volume provides state-of-the-art approaches and tools for evaluating both health-related behaviors and psychosocial aspects of medical illness. The book begins by presenting a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment framework. Evidence-based strategies are described for assessing such key lifestyle factors as tobacco use, alcohol and other drugs, physical activity, and social support. Behavioral, cognitive, and emotional issues associated with a range of specific medical conditions- including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic pain, and others-are addressed. Chapters on assessment of specific populations cover pediatric patients, older adults, ethnic/racial minority groups, organ transplant and bariatric surgery patients, and primary care.

Frank Andrasik, PhD, is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Memphis. He is Editor-in-Chief of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Associate Editor of Cephalalgia, and past Editor-in-Chief of Behavior Therapy. Dr. Andrasik’s primary areas of research include behavioral medicine, pain (with a particular focus on recurrent headache disorders), stress, and biofeedback and applied psychophysiology. He has published extensively and delivered numerous presentations in the United States and abroad on these topics. Dr. Andrasik is a past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

Jeffrey L. Goodie, PhD, ABPP, is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Goodie’s research, clinical, and teaching interests focus on behavioral health assessments and interventions in primary care settings, disaster behavioral health, and community resilience. He is coauthor of the book Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care.

Alan L. Peterson, PhD, ABPP, is Aaron and Bobbie Elliott Krus Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Professor and Chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is Director of the STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. Dr. Peterson served previously as Chair of the Department of Psychology and Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship Program Director at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. His research and publications focus on posttraumatic stress disorder, tobacco cessation, pain management, weight management, insomnia, temporomandibular disorders, tic disorders, aerophagia, and blepharospasm.