Health Psychology by Jane Ogden

The fourth edition of Health Psychology: A Textbook provides students with a accessible and lively introduction to the topics of health psychology research. Reviewing established theory and recent research, the new edition provides comprehensive coverage of health perceptions and beliefs, and behaviours including smoking, exercise, diet and health screening. The chapters have all been fully revised and updated throughout. This edition also features a new chapter on women's health issues, exploring recent research into pregnancy, miscarriage, birth, menopause and related areas. The book provides the most accessible guide to health psychology with excellent coverage of the latest theory and research in this growing field, relevant to student of psychology, health and related subjects.

Contents

• An Introduction to Health Psychology 
• Health Beliefs  Illness Cognitions 
• Health Professional – Patient Communication and the Role of Health Beliefs SmoChapter King and Alcohol Use 
• Eating Behaviour 
• Exercise 
• Sex 
• Screening 
• Stress 
• Stress and Illness 
• Pain 
• Placebos and the Interrelationship among Beliefs, Behaviour and Health 
• HIV and Cancer - Psychology Throughout the course of Illness (1) 
• Obesity and Coronary Heart Disease: Psychology throughout the Course of Illness (2) 
• Women’s Health Issues 
• Measuring Health Status: from Mortality Rates to Quality of Life 
• The Assumptions of Health Psychology