This volume heralds a timely integration of psychodynamic thinking wit h health psychology. The authors explore the emotional dynamics of hea lth and illness by combining psychodynamic theory with rigorous empiri cal study. Chapter authors delve into the theoretical underpinnings, application implications, and future research directions in many areas , such as cardiovascular psychology, dreaming and illness, and illness and mortality following bereavement. Throughout, the relationships a mong loss, personality, and physical illness as well as the health ben efits of emotional expression are explored. The result is a volume th at contributes to ongoing dialogue about mind-body relations and the s tress paradigm of illness, while beginning exciting new conversations relating psychodynamic thought to emerging areas such as psychoneuroim munology.
