Cover -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Volume 1: Foundational Issues -- Part I: Domains of Concepts, Theories, and Treatments -- 1: Depression in Chronic Physical Illness: A Behavioral Medicine Approach -- Chronic Physical Illness: Definition, Prevalence, Costs -- Prevalence of Depression in Chronic Physical Illness -- Depression: Categorical and Dimensional Approaches -- Role of Depression in CPI -- A Heuristic, Behavioral-Medicine Perspective on Depression in Chronic Illness: Depressive Vulnerability and Person-Context Exchanges -- Practice Implications and Recommendations -- Conclusions -- References -- 2: Non-adherence to Medical Treatment -- Introduction -- Definitions -- How to Detect Non-adherence? -- Extent across Medical Fields -- Consequences of Non-adherence -- Intentional versus Non-intentional Non-adherence -- Risk Factors for Non-adherence -- Disease-related patient knowledge -- Anxiety and depression -- Belief toward medication -- Mode and frequency of administration -- Patient support organizations -- Physician-related factors -- Should Physicians Address Non-adherence? -- Interventions to Improve Adherence -- Advice for Clinicians -- References -- 3: Placebo and Nocebo Effects -- Defining Placebo and Nocebo Effects -- The Psychological Approach -- The Biological Approach -- The Mechanisms of Nocebo Effects -- Two Phenomena along a Continuum -- How to Use Placebo Mechanisms in Clinical Practice -- Consider patient's previous experience -- Use verbal suggestions to increase treatment effectiveness -- Increase treatment efficacy using an empathic and cooperative approach -- Deliver treatment overtly and interrupt treatment covertly -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: A Stage Approach to Enhancing Adherence to Treatment -- The Stages of Change -- Assessing Stages.

Decisional Balance -- Self-Efficacy -- Processes of Change -- Continuum of Adherence -- Screening -- Acquisition -- Continuation -- Non-adherence -- Discontinuation -- Stage-Matched Interventions Based on the TTM -- Stage-based manuals or books -- Stage-based provider guidance -- Computer-tailored interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Common Medical Problems -- 5: Promoting Physical Activity for the Management of Obesity -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Physical Activity Recommendations -- Obesity and Participation in Sport and Exercise -- Overweight and obesity -- Benefits of Physical Activity Participation among Overweight or Obese People -- Types of physical activity that lead to health benefits -- Physical health benefits -- Psychological health benefits -- Health benefits independent of weight change -- Impact of Common Comorbidities on Participation in Sport and Exercise -- Physical Activity Participation Prevalence -- Health Problems and Economic Burden Associated with Physical Inactivity -- Detrimental Effects of Sedentary Behavior on Health -- Promoting Physical Activity Participation among Obese Individuals -- Barriers to and motivation for PA participation among obese individuals -- Barriers to physical activity -- Motives for physical activity -- Interventions to Increase Physical Activity Participation among Obese People -- Poor adherence to regular PA -- Intervention effectiveness among overweight and obese individuals -- Intervention Type: Physical Activity Consultation -- Technique: Objective Monitoring of PA -- Intervention Setting: Workplace -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Cancer-related Fatigue -- Prevalence of CRF -- Mechanisms of Fatigue -- Diagnostic Criteria -- Clinical Evaluation and Management -- Overview -- Non-pharmacologic treatment -- Pharmacologic treatment -- A multidisciplinary approach -- References.

7: Transition from Pediatric- to Adult-focused Healthcare in Young Adults with Chronic Medical Conditions -- Healthcare Transition Defined -- Established Guidelines and Recommendations for Transition -- Barriers to Successful Transition of Care -- Consequences of Failed Transition -- Best Practices: Key Elements of Transition Planning -- Special Considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Assessment and Non-pharmacological Management of Pain in Children with Burns -- Introduction -- Pain in Burns -- Management of Minor Burns -- Pain Assessment in Children -- Pain assessment tools -- Non-pharmacological management of pain in children -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain and Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Introduction -- Biopsychosocial Approach to Diagnostic Formulation and Treatment -- Approach to Treatment -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapies -- Psychological assessment and intervention -- CBT: empirical support -- Components of CBT -- Summary and Future Directions -- References -- Part III: Doctors and Patients -- 10: Patients' Perceived Control over Their Disorder -- Defining Perceived Control -- Behavioral Research on the Effects of Perceived Control -- Perceived Control in the Workplace -- Perceived Control in Medicine -- Conclusions -- References -- 11: Anger Control and Cardiovascular Disease -- Anger and Related Concepts -- Anger and Emotion Regulation -- Anger and Social Position -- Evidence of a Relationship between Anger and Cardiovascular Disease -- Anger and Progression of Atherosclerosis -- What Is the Proposed Mechanism between Anger and Cardiovascular Disease? -- Anger Control and Health Behaviors -- Anger Control and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease -- Acknowledgment -- References.

12: Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes -- The Importance of Evidence-Based Practice -- Definition of EBP -- Barriers to and Facilitators of EBP -- The Steps of EBP -- Step 0 of the EBP process -- Step 1 of the EBP process -- Step 2 of the EBP process -- Step 3 of the EBP process -- Step 4 of the EBP process -- Step 5 of the EBP process -- Step 6 of the EBP process -- Strategies for Moving Evidence-Based Guidelines and Recommendations into Clinical Practice -- An Example of Actions to Employ When Insufficient Evidence Exists to Guide Best Practices: The COPE Program for Depressed and Anxious Adolescents -- Summary -- References -- Part IV: Behavioral Technologies in Theory and Treatment -- 13: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents -- Introduction -- Overview of Pediatric Sleep Disorders -- Dyssomnias -- Parasomnias -- Associations between Sleep and Mental Health in Youth -- Sleep and anxiety disorders -- Sleep and mood disorders -- Sleep, inattention, and behavioral problems -- Sleep, learning, and cognitive impairment -- Cognitive Behavioral Techniques Applied to Sleep Disorders in Youth -- Operant-based procedures/contingency management -- Differential reinforcement -- Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) training -- Cognitive strategies -- Stimulus control techniques -- Exposure-based techniques -- Graduated extinction -- Scheduled awakenings -- Classical conditioning interventions -- Case Example: Sienna, 9-Year-Old Child with Limit-setting Sleep Disorder -- Presenting problem -- Background information -- Academic functioning -- Social functioning -- Assessment -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Case outcome -- Conclusion -- References -- 14: 50 Years of Hypnosis in Healthcare -- Hypnosis in Context: Developments in the Healthcare Environment in the Last 50 Years.

Technological and pharmaceutical advances in the 1950s -- "Alternative therapies" versus traditional medicine -- Hypnosis and fallibility of memory -- The Human Genome Project -- AIDS, immunology, and psychoneuroimmunology -- Hypnosis and psychoneuroimmunology -- "Decade of the Brain": The decline of "low-tech" treatments? -- Increasing support for hypnosis becoming a mainstream treatment for pain and insomnia -- Hypnosis as an "alternative" versus "conventional" treatment: The evolution of integrative medicine -- Current Applications of Clinical Hypnosis in Healthcare Settings -- Acute and chronic pain treatment -- Digestive disorders -- Diabetes -- Somatization -- Preparation for invasive medical and dental procedures -- Conclusion -- References -- 15: Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer Interfaces -- Neurofeedback and Brain - Computer Interfaces -- Historical Origins and Evolution of the Field -- Basics, Methods, and Requirements -- EEG Signal Activity -- BOLD Signal Activity -- Clinical Applications of Neurofeedback -- Epilepsy -- Migraines -- Chronic pain -- Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) -- Cerebral palsy and Parkinson's disease -- Tinnitus -- Traumatic brain injury and stroke -- Case studies -- Summary and limitations -- Clinical Applications of Brain-Computer Interfaces -- Communication and motor control -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Spinal cord injury and paralysis -- Neurofeedback and BCI in Behavioral Medicine -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16: Electromyographic (EMG) Biofeedback in the Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders -- Kegel and the Semi-Invention of Clinical Biofeedback -- Development of the sEMG Perineometer -- Perry Assessment Protocol -- Contraction Length and Frequency of Practice -- Continuous Feedback, Motor Learning, and Digital Assessment -- Technical Considerations in the Use of sEMG Instrumentation.

Other Clinical Considerations.