If you are a student of medicine, nursing, health, and social care,
then this revised edition is an invaluable learning resource for
you. Introduction to Health Psychology, fifth edition, is a
must-read, widely praised textbook that provides the learning
resources you need from theory and research to real-world examples,
helping you develop a better understanding and critical thinking on
the issues explored. This revision provides a comprehensive guide
on essential topics surrounding health, retaining its popular
original structure of three multi-chaptered sections: 'Being and
Staying Healthy', 'Becoming Ill', and 'Being Ill'. It also includes
the useful final section, 'From Theory to Practice', which studies
the need for theory-driven practice applications, making the most
of the evidence available to support their study. The edition
offers you an insightful overview on a range of topics on health
behaviour, from health-risk to health-protective habits, before
exploring applications and health care intervention practices. It
also discusses biological and psychobiological models and theories
and the impact of stress on health, illness, and its progression,
with extensive references on healthy diet and exercise. The text
also considers the role of key epidemiological updates and global
health issues, cultural influences on health and health behaviour,
and issues about health differentials, as seen in the illness
experience. Each chapter opens with a current real-world example
and places the topic into context by introducing the outline and
learning outcomes. Along with the increased use of case studies,
its useful Glossary and list of Further Reading, the content will
offer food for individual reflection and group discussion, helping
you fully engage with this applied area of psychology - an approach
praised by lecturers and students alike!
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