Health Psychology a textbook

by Ogden, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780335222636
• ISBN10: 0335222633
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Open University Press
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Summary

"This fourth edition incorporates a number of substantive new topics, including a new chapter on women's health, as well as opportunities for the reader to critically examine key conceptual and methodological issues within each chapter. It remains clearly written and highly accessible and still deserves its place as the number one choice of health psychology textbook." John Weinman, King's College, LondonThe market leading textbook in the field,Health Psychologyby Jane Ogden is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology. It will also be invaluable to students of medicine, nursing and allied health. Retaining the breadth of coverage, clarity and relevance that has made it a favourite with students and lecturers, this fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.New Features: New chapter on women's health issues, exploring recent research into pregnancy, miscarriage, birth, menopause and related areas New "Problems" boxes analyse health psychology research and identify the shortcomings and limitations of research in the area Updated "Focus on Research" examples introduce you to contemporary topics and emerging areas for research in health psychology, including exercise, smoking and pain. The new edition includes new data, graphs and further reading plus suggestions about where you can access the most recent publications and other data Revised end-of-chapter review questions Online Learning Centre: www.openup.co.uk/ogden.The OLC hosts web links and multiple choice questions for students, plus supporting teaching resources including teaching tips and PowerPoint presentations for lecturers.Interested in accessing more research readings?Essential Readings in Health Psychologyby Jane Ogden is a new collection of key papers brought together for the first time in one volume which complementsHealth Psychology: A Textbook 4/eand offers more detailed accounts of the issues covered in this text.

Author Biography

Jane Ogden is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK. Her research interests include eating behaviours, obesity, health communication and womenn++s health..

Table of Contents

Detailed table of contents

List of figures and tables

Preface to the third edition

Guided tour Technology to enhance learning and teaching

Acknowledgements

An introduction to health psychology

Health beliefs

Illness cognitions

Doctorpatient communication and the role of health professionals' health beliefs

Smoking and alcohol use

Eating behaviour

Exercise

Sex

Screening

Stress

Stress and illness

Pain

Placebos and the interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness

Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness

Women's health issues Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life

The assumptions of health psychology

Methodology glossary

References

Index

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