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Description

Healthcare Psychology and Communication Skills (Theory) is a comprehensive, student-friendly textbook developed to provide healthcare students with a fundamental understanding of human psychology, interpersonal relationships, and effective communication in healthcare settings. The book highlights the importance of psychological principles in understanding patients’ behaviour, emotions, attitudes, health beliefs, and responses to illness and treatment. The textbook covers essential topics such as the fundamentals of psychology, human behaviour, personality, learning, memory, motivation, emotions, stress management, coping strategies, mental health, and psychological well-being. It also explains the principles and techniques of healthcare communication, including verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, empathy, interpersonal skills, patient counselling, communication barriers, professional ethics, confidentiality, and therapeutic relationships.