Health Psychology An Introduction

Name: Health Psychology An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780130994080

ISBN-10: 0130994081

ISBN-13: 9780130994080

Edition: 2006

Authors: Val Morrison, Paul Bennett

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Covering health psychology, this text includes the topics: health inequalities; health risk behaviour; health enhancing behaviour; the body in health and illness; stress and illness moderators; managing stress; pain; and the impact of illness on patients and their families.

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 648
Size: 7.72" wide x 10.39" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Being and Staying Healthy



What is health?



Health inequalities



Health risk behaviour



Health enhancing behaviour



Models of health behaviour



Reducing risk for disease - individual approaches



Population approaches to public health



Becoming Ill



The body in health and illness



Symptom perception, interpretation and response



The consultation and beyond



Stress, health and illness: theory



Stress and illness moderators



Managing stress



Being Ill



The impact of illness on quality of life



The impact of illness on patients and ther families



Pain



Improving health and quality of life



Futures



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