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Factors which contribute to health

Source: Whitehead, M., Tackling health inequalities: An agenda for action. In M. Benzenal, K. Judge and M. Whitehead (eds), Tackling Inequalities in Health: An agenda for action, p. 23. London: King’s Fund, 1995. © 1995 King’s Fund. Reprinted by permission.

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The body’s response to stopping cigarette smoking

Source: No Smoking Day website, http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk.

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The negative physical, psychological and cultural

consequences of alcohol abuse

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Alcohol intake and cardiovascular mortality

Source: Muntwyler, J., Hennekens, C.H., Buring, J.E. and Gaziano, J.M., Mortality and light to moderate alcohol consumption after myocardial infarction. The Lancet, 352, 12 December 1998, p. 1884. © 1998 The Lancet Ltd.

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The effects of mixing alcohol with other drugs

Source: Based on Palfai and Jankiewicz, 1991, and data from the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information, 1982.

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Four sexually transmitted diseases: their causes, symptoms and treatment

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Differences between traditional and complementary medicine users’ views

on the causes of illness

Source: Furnham, A. and Kirkcaldy, B., The health beliefs and behaviours of orthodox and complementary medicine clients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1996, 35, 49–61. © 1996 The British Psychologial Society.

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Reasons given by users of complementary medicine for selecting

their treatment

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The general adaptation syndrome

Source: Selye, H., Stress without Distress. New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1974 by Hans Selye, M.D., reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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The effects of hormones on various body organs and their functions

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Immune reactions

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The progress of wound healing in Alzheimer’s disease

Source: Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Marucha, P.T., Malarkey, W.B., Mercado, A.M. and Glaser, R., Slowing of wound-healing by psychological stress. The Lancet, 346, 1194–96. © 1995 The Lancet Limited.

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Cognitive behaviour therapy

Source: Adapted from Proudfoot, J., Gnest, D., Carson, J., Dunn, G. and Gray, J., Effect of cognitive-behavioural training on job-find among long-term unemployed people. The Lancet, 1997, 350, 96–100.

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The results of Proudfoot et al’s (1997) study of the efficacy of CBT

Source: Proudfoot, J., Guest, D., Carson, J., Dunn, G. and Gray, J., Effect of cognitive-behavioural training on job-find among long-term unemployed people. The Lancet, 1997, 350, 96–100. © 1997 The Lancet Limited.

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Stress inoculation training

Source: Adapted from Meichenbaum, D., Stress Inoculation Training. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985.

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Factors which mediate the effects of stress on health