Library Catalogue

Essential health psychology /

Forshaw, Mark.

Essential health psychology / Mark Forshaw. - London : New York : Arnold ; Oxford University Press, 2002. - viii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Essential psychology series .

Includes bibliographical references and index

IntroductionThe biology of health and illnessPerceptions, beliefs and cognitionsDifferences between peopleStress and healthThe appetitesCommunication and behaviourPsychometrics and the measurement of health and illnessChronic illness, palliative care and deathScreening, vaccination and other proceduresMind and body, placebo and painGlossaryReferencesIndexes


Mind-body relationships are the essence of health psychology, and this text takes this relationship as its central focus in exploring and explaining the topic to students

0340759712 9780340759714

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Clinical health psychology.

R726.7 / .F67 2002

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