Mechanisms of Psychological Influence on Physical Health: With Special Attention to the Elderly

by Laura L. Carstensen

Book Overview

In recent years ideas about the influence of psychological status on physical health have been elevated from intuition and clinical lore to a legitimate area of scientific study. Mechanisms of influence are, indubitably, diverse. Some of this influence is indirect, accounted for simply by the instrumental help that social engagement, associated with good mental health, affords people; for example, psychologically "healthy" people are probably more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461280761
• ISBN13: 9781461280767
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"