Health Psychology by Hymie Anisman

Health Psychology: A Study by Hymie Anisman

1. ISBN-10

   1473918987
2. ISBN-13

   978-1473918986

   Hymie Anisman completed his PhD in 1972 at the College of Waterloo and has been serving as a Professor at Carleton College, Ottawa since then. He also holds an adjunct position at the Institute of Psychological Health Research in the Royal Ottawa Hospital. Professor Anisman served as a Senior Ontario Psychological Health Research Fellow from 1999 to 2006, is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been a Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience since 2001. The central focus of his research has been on the impact of stressors on neurochemical and neuroendocrine systems and their effects on mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, as well as physical disorders related to the immune system and neurodegenerative conditions. His research spans from animal models evaluating stress-related pathologies to studies in humans analyzing stress, coping mechanisms, and appraisal processes. He has extensively examined the long-term effects of chronic stress resulting from discrimination and stigma on mental health, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among refugees from conflict zones and indigenous communities that have experienced childhood trauma, distress from abusive relationships and life changes, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma effects. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of various journals and grant review panels, Professor Anisman has authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, as well as several review articles in neuroscience and psychology journals. He has also edited two books, one focusing on stress processes and the other on psychoneuroimmunology. Furthermore, he has published two books on Stress and Health, one of which, published by SAGE, was designed as a textbook for university students, while the other was targeted at general readers. His research has received funding from organizations such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and the Canada Research Chairs program (CRC).