Ebook: New Directions in Health Psychology

Psychology of Health and Well-being: Emergence and Development -- Evolution of the Concept of Mental Health: From Mental Illness to Mental Health -- Stress and Coping from Traditional Indian and Chinese Perspectives -- Concept of Psycho-social Well-being: Western and Indian Perspectives -- Cultural Perspectives on Nature and Experience of Happiness -- Puberty, Sexuality and Coping: An Analysis of the Experiences of Urban Adolescent Girls -- Mental Disorders in Women: Evidence from a Hospital-based Study -- Research on Families with Disabled Individuals: Review and Implications -- The Guru as Healer -- Working through Emotional Pain: A Narrative Study of Healing Process -- Yoga and the State of Mind -- Psychotherapy and Indian Thought -- Anasakti and Health: An Empirical Study of Anasakti(Non-attachment) -- Living with a Chronic Disease: Healing and Psychological Adjustment in Indian Society -- Near-death Experience in South India: A Systematic Survey in Channapatna -- Resilience for Well-being: The Role of Experiential Learning -- Health Modernity: Concept and Correlates -- Life Events Stress, Emotional Vital Signs and Hypertension -- Perception of AIDS in Mumbai: A Study of Low Income Communities -- Disaster and Trauma: Who Suffers and Who Recovers from Trauma, and How?