Health psychology : a textbook /
By: Ogden, Jane.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2012Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxxiv, 565 p. : ill., plates (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335243839 (pbk.); 9780335243839:; 0335243835 (pbk.).Subject(s): Psychology | Clinical health psychologyDDC classification: 616.0019Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1, The context of health psychology -- Introduction to health psychology -- Health inequalities -- Part 2, Health beliefs, behaviour and behaviour change -- Health beliefs -- Addictive behaviours -- Eating behaviour -- Exercise -- Sex -- Health promotion: changing health behaviours -- Part 3, Becoming ill -- Illness cognitions -- Accessing health care -- Stress -- Stress and illness -- Part 4, Being ill -- Pain and the placebo effect -- HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness -- Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness -- Women's health issues -- Men's health issues -- Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life -- Part 5, Reflecting on health psychology -- Critical health psychology.
This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including a new chapter on women's health. It is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology and for students of medicine, nursing and allied health courses.