Health Psychology in Action - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470667346 ISBN 13: 9780470667347

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

A definitive guide to the growing field of health psychology, which showcases contributions from academics and professionals working at the cutting edge of their discipline.

• Explores the field of modern health psychology, its latest developments, and how it fits into the contexts of modern healthcare, industry and academia
• Offers practical, real-world examples and applications for psychological theory in health care settings
• Provides a timely resource to support the new HPC registration of health and other psychologists
• Includes contributions from practitioners in a wide range of health care settings who share their own vivid personal experiences, as well as more general guidance to applying theory in practice

About this title

From the Back Cover:

There is a remarkable diversity in the study and practice of health psychology today.

As yet there is no resource that delineates this vibrant and growing field, nor the overarching principles and approaches that apply to it. This book does both, while showcasing, with individual stories from contributors, how health psychologists apply theory to real-world problems in practice. It details the challenges and opportunities that psychologists in non-mental health specialties face, and how they deal with them.

Including contributions from academics and industry professionals, the book is structured with the Stage 2 competences for health psychologists in mind. It provides career advice, support for health professionals, and a resource for further research, as well as offering a much-needed benchmark by which to judge future health psychology professionals. This is the definitive guide to a complex and vital discipline.

About the Author:

Mark Forshaw is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Psychology at Staffordshire University and recipient of the 2011 BPS Division of Health Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Health Psychology. He has researched and published widely in health psychology, on subjects as diverse as menopause, complementary therapies, and hand-arm vibration syndrome.

David Sheffield is the Associate Head of the Centre for Psychological Research at the University of Derby. Sheffield's research expertise extends to stress and cardiovascular responses, and he has written interventions to improve wellbeing, pain perception and management, and mathematics anxiety.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470667346
• ISBN 13: 9780470667347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Forshaw Mark, Sheffield David