Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-Being

This volume provides multifaceted and multidisciplinary insights into the growing field of health studies. Providing inputs from the behavioural sciences as well as social sciences, it discusses the issues of recovery from illness, and growth and wellbeing, as situated in social and eco-cultural contexts, and addresses the modalities of health-related interventions in diverse contexts. The specific themes taken up by the contributors are post-trauma growth, resilience, gender and health, distress and wellness, indigenous healing, counselling and psychotherapy, disability-related interventions, self-healing, as well as health issues of special groups like adolescents and the elderly, cancer patients and those suffering from other chronic illnesses. Till recently, the medical model has prevailed as the chief form of understanding health and illness. This has led to marginalization of the context, localization of all health and wellness components within the individual, and to biological reductionism. The contributions to this volume propose corrective measures and provide diverse approaches in a balanced manner. This volume is useful for researchers and practitioners interested in health studies, including the behavioural sciences, social work, medical anthropology, and public health. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Perspectives on Interventions for Health and Well-Being (Girishwar Misra)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Role of Psychosocial Factors in the Management of Health Problems (M. Mehta, S. Kapoor)....Pages 15-28 Determinants of Health and Well-Being: Empirical Analysis with Different Groups of Eastern Uttar Pradesh (Anubhuti Dubey)....Pages 29-42 Psychology of Resilience (Amrita Deb)....Pages 43-57 Understanding Resilience: Global Trends and Indian Research (Seema Mehrotra, Annalakshmi Narayanan, Ravikesh Tripathi)....Pages 59-81 Perspectives on Posttraumatic Growth (Braj Bhushan)....Pages 83-107 Indigenous Healing Practices in India: Shamanism, Spirit Possession, and Healing Shrines (Shubha Ranganathan)....Pages 109-122 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 Childcare in the Indigenous Health Systems in India from the Perspectives of Developmental and Health Psychology (Malavika Kapur)....Pages 125-136 Lifestyle Intervention at School: A Review of Effectiveness, Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies (Arun Pratap Singh)....Pages 137-144 Neurofeedback as an Effective Intervention for Academic Performance in Children with Problems in Attention and Concentration (Meena Hariharan, Gadiraju Padmaja, Suvashisa Rana)....Pages 145-156 Interventions for Enhancing Health and Well-Being Among Indian Elderly (Nisha Mani Pandey, Indiwar Misra, S. C. Tiwari)....Pages 157-174 Alternative Interventions for Fortifying Health of the Indian Elderly (Shyodan Singh, Indiwar Misra)....Pages 175-189 Yoga as an Intervention for Promoting Subjective Well-Being (Bal Krishna Upadhyay)....Pages 191-202 Religio-Spiritual Interventions for Health and Well-Being (Sagar Sharma, Girishwar Misra)....Pages 203-213 Behavioural Intervention Programme for Promoting Healthcare Practices in the Community: An Initiative (Nisha Mani Pandey, S. C. Tiwari)....Pages 215-223 Front Matter ....Pages 225-225 Illness, Health and Culture: Anthropological Perspectives on Ethno-Medicine in India (P. C. Joshi, Nilisha Vashist)....Pages 227-240 Towards a Culturally-Informed Counselling and Psychotherapy (Tissy Mariam Thomas, Baiju Gopal, T. Sasidharan)....Pages 241-252 Cognitive Foundations of Community Mental Healthcare: The Role of Local Institutions and Practices (Raghubir Singh Pirta)....Pages 253-273 Front Matter ....Pages 275-275 Social-Psychological Interventions to Change Disability Attitudes (Ajit K. Dalal)....Pages 277-293 The Rude, Rough, Friendless Rehab Road—Chasing Mental Health (Prateeksha Sharma)....Pages 295-312 Gender and Mental Health: Masculinity, Femininity, Modernity and Daily Hassles as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being (Jayanti Basu, Matangini Samanta, Sipra Basu, Mahua Bhattacharya)....Pages 313-333 Delivering Quality Healthcare in India: Issues and Challenges (Manisha Agarwal)....Pages 335-353 Well-Being and Mental Health in the Aftermath of Disasters: A Social Constructionist Approach (Kumar Ravi Priya)....Pages 355-368