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An introduction to health psychology / Val Morrison and Paul Bennett.

By: Morrison, Val, 1961-.
Contributor(s): Bennett, Paul, 1955- [(j.a.)].
Publisher: Harlow, Essex, England : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006Description: xxvi, 619 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0130994081 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Clinical health psychologyDDC classification: 616.0019
Contents:
List of figures. - List of tables. - List of plates. - Preface. - Guided tour. - Publisher's acknowledgements. - Pt. 1. Being and staying healthy. 1. What is health? 2. Health inequalities. 3. Health-risk behaviour. 4. Health-enhancing behaviour. 5. Predicting health behaviour. 6. Reducing risk of disease - individual approaches. 7. Population approaches to public health. - Pt. 2. Becoming ill. 8. The body in health and illness. 9. Symptom perception, interpretation and response. 10. The consultation and beyond. 11. Stress, health and illness: theory. 12. Stress and illness moderators. 13. Managing stress. - Pt. 3. Being ill. 14. The impact of illness on quality of life. 15. The impact if illness on patients and their families. 16. Pain. 17. Improving health and quality of life. - Pt. 4. Futures. 18. Futures. - Glossary. - References. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [546]-547) and index.

List of figures. - List of tables. - List of plates. - Preface. - Guided tour. - Publisher's acknowledgements. - Pt. 1. Being and staying healthy. 1. What is health? 2. Health inequalities. 3. Health-risk behaviour. 4. Health-enhancing behaviour. 5. Predicting health behaviour. 6. Reducing risk of disease - individual approaches. 7. Population approaches to public health. - Pt. 2. Becoming ill. 8. The body in health and illness. 9. Symptom perception, interpretation and response. 10. The consultation and beyond. 11. Stress, health and illness: theory. 12. Stress and illness moderators. 13. Managing stress. - Pt. 3. Being ill. 14. The impact of illness on quality of life. 15. The impact if illness on patients and their families. 16. Pain. 17. Improving health and quality of life. - Pt. 4. Futures. 18. Futures. - Glossary. - References. - Index.