Introduction to Clinical Health Psychology
- 1st
- Open University Press, 2000
- 258
This book provides an introduction to the knowledge base, theory and the practice of health and clinical psychology, in the hospital and in the broader context of health care. Introduction, Behavior and Stress and Health, Psychosocial Correlates and Health, Stress and Health, Understanding Health-Related Behavior, Health-Related Decision Making, Health and Illness-Related Cognitions, Applied Health Psychology, Hospital Issues, Working in the Hospital System, Health Promotion, Clinical Interventions, Psychological Interventions, Assessment Issues, Improving Quality of Life, Risk Behavior Change, Notes, Glossary, References, Index.