Includes bibliographical references and index.

Working with the tensions between critique and action in critical health psychology / Sally Johnson -- Critical health psychology and the scholar-activist tradition / Michael Murray -- Changing behaviour : can critical psychology influence policy and practice? / Wendy Stainton Rogers -- Social class, socioeconomic status, and health-risk behaviours : a critical analysis / Katy Day -- Men's health : thinking about gender mainstreaming and gender sensitive services / Christine Horrocks -- Working without sacrifice : discourse, femininity, and occupational risk / Bridgette Rickett -- The emancipatory potential of critical approaches to promoting sexual health : exploring the possibilities for action / Kate Milnes -- Taking the lead : authority and power in the National Health Service / Paula Nicolson [and others] -- Re-visiting Pandora's box : primary healthcare directive and participatory practices with women experiencing domestic violence / Victoria Lavis and Christine Horrocks -- Feminist health psychology and abortion : towards a politics of transversal relations of commonality / Catriona MacLeod -- Discursive psychology and its potential to make a difference / Bregje de Kok -- I forget my problems, the problems are in the soil : encountering nature in allotment gardening / Nigel King -- Being creative around health : participative methodologies in critical community psychology / Rebecca Lawthom [and others].

Building on the strengths of critical health psychology, this volume for undergraduate and postgraduate students offers cutting edge coverage of current thinking in the field. With a focus on contemporary issues, academics and practitioners consider how the movement can continue to contribute to social and political change.