Health psychologists can help patients cope with medical procedures by

A. distracting the patient from learning about the medical procedure.
B. using cognitive-behavioral interventions to help the patient preemptively catastrophize possible negative outcomes.
C. using relaxation training and cognitive techniques to help the patient think differently about the unpleasantness of the situation.
D. maximizing child patients’ separation anxiety so they quickly reattach to their parents following surgery.


C. using relaxation training and cognitive techniques to help the patient think differently about the unpleasantness of the situation.

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