Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology - Hardcover

Rohleder, Poul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849207615 ISBN 13: 9781849207614

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

This textbook gives a clear and thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues related to health, illness and disability in clinical and health psychology. Challenging some of the preconceptions of ill-health of the biomedical approach, the book explores how health and illness is often shaped by factors such as culture, poverty, gender and sexuality, and examines how these influences impact on the experience and treatment of physical and mental illness as well as disability. Students are introduced to literature from disciplines other than psychology to provide multiple perspectives on these complex issues.

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About the Author

Poul Rohleder is a Reader in clinical and health psychology and Academic Tutor on the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, UK. He is predominantly a qualitative researcher, whose research interests focus mostly on psychosocial aspects of HIV and sexual health, disability and sexual health, mental health and sexuality. He has published widely in these areas

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849207615
• ISBN 13: 9781849207614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232