Health psychology

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Brief table of contents......Page 6
Detailed table of contents......Page 7
List of figures and tables......Page 19
List of abbreviations......Page 23
Preface to the fifth edition......Page 25
Guided tour......Page 32
Technology to enhance learning and teaching......Page 34
Acknowledgements......Page 37
Part One - The Context of Health Psychology......Page 38
1 Introduction to health psychology......Page 39
2 Health inequalities......Page 51
Part Two - Health beliefs, behaviour and behaviour change......Page 70
3 Health beliefs......Page 71
4 Addictive behaviours......Page 98
5 Eating behaviour......Page 134
6 Exercise......Page 165
7 Sex......Page 188
8 Health promotion: changing health behaviours......Page 212
Part Three - Becoming ill......Page 244
9 Illness cognitions......Page 245
10 Accessing health care......Page 280
11 Stress......Page 318
12 Stress and illness......Page 335
Part Four - Being ill......Page 366
13 Pain and the placebo effect......Page 367
14 HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness......Page 395
15 Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness......Page 417
16 Women’s health issues......Page 454
17 Men’s health issues......Page 474
18 Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life......Page 488
Part Five - Reflecting on health psychology......Page 502
19 Critical health psychology......Page 503
Methodology glossary......Page 511
References......Page 512
Index......Page 566