Psychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals

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Psychology Press, 1999 - Health & Fitness - 324 pages
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
 

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Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
11
3
11
Introduction to the Psychology of Health
19
Differences in Health
26
Psychological Models of Health
51
Health Behaviour Cancer and Heart Disease
56
MODELS OF HEALTH BEHAVIOUR
63
HEALTH RELATED CONCEPTS
69
Reproductive Strategies
176
PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
182
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES IN MEN
189
Stress and Illness
193
MODELS OF STRESS AND ILLNESS
197
10
211
COPING
225
Effects of Mood on Health
231

4
75
ATTRIBUTIONS AND ILLNESS
83
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
90
Illness Behaviour and Perception of Illness
109
THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS
119
7
138
HEALTH CARE OVER THE LIFESPAN
143
8
145
ADOLESCENCE
150
Divorce
157
HEALTH AND REPRODUCTION
169
9
172
DISEASE PREVENTION
239
Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
243
Risk Appraisal
245
Other Health Promotion Issues
252
BEING ILL
255
Control
263
Sexuality and Disability
269
REFERENCES
275
Being III
293
SUBJECT INDEX
299
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300
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Psychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals
Beth Alder
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Psychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals
Beth Alder
No preview available - 1999

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About the author (1999)

Dr Beth Alder is Senior lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Dundee. She has taught health psychology to medical students and a range of health professionals on Honours degree programmes, including podiatry, speech therapy, dietetics, nursing and physiotherapy. She has been researching and publishing on psychological aspects of women's health for over twenty years.

Bibliographic information

TitlePsychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals
Psychology of Health: Applications of Psychology for Health Professionals, Beth Alder
AuthorBeth Alder
Editionillustrated
PublisherPsychology Press, 1999
ISBN9057024942, 9789057024948
Length324 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Health & Fitness / General
Medical / Allied Health Services / General
Medical / Diseases
Medical / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills
Psychology / Clinical Psychology
Psychology / General
Psychology / Movements / General
  
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