Social Support, Health, and Illness : : A Complicated Relationship / / Ranjan Roy.

• VerfasserIn: Roy, Ranjan,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Social Support and Health: An Overview --; 2. Chronic Childhood Physical Illnesses: Special Challenges --; 3. Spousal and Long-Term Partnership Support: How Critical Is It? --; 4. Chronic Pain and Social Support --; 5. Depression in Perspective --; 6. Dementia and Social Support: Who Cares for the Caregivers? --; 7. Breast Cancer and Social Support: Special Challenges --; 8. HIV/AIDS and Social Support: A Troubled Zone --; 9. Social Support and Network Interventions --; 10. Afterthoughts --; Author Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442685314
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442685314
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ranjan Roy.

When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery. However, too much support can have grave clinical consequences for sufferers and exact a heavy emotional and financial toll on caregivers. Social Support, Health, and Illness is an up-to-date analysis of how social support can either help or hinder recovery for patients.A useful resource for clinical practitioners and researchers, Social Support, Health, and Illness addresses the effects of intimate support on a wide variety of medical and psychiatric conditions, including cancer, dementia, and chronic pain. Ranjan Roy uncovers the complexities underlying social support by tracing the concept's historical and theoretical development. Synthesizing insights from the latest research findings, Social Support, Health, and Illness offers a comprehensive look at the modifying and mitigating factors of intimacy on the outcomes of disease.