📗 Libro en inglés INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

If you are a student of medicine nursing health and social care then this revised edition is an invaluable learning resource for you Introduction to Health Psychology 5th edition is a must read widely praised textbook that provides the learning resources you need from theory and research to real world examples helping you develop a better understanding and critical thinking on the issues explored This revision provides a comprehensive guide on essential topics surrounding health retaining its popular original structure of three multi chaptered sections Being and Staying Healthy Becoming Ill and Being Ill It also includes the useful final section From Theory to Practice which studies the need for theory driven practice applications making the most of the evidence available to support their study The edition offers you an insightful overview of a range of topics on health behaviour from health risk to health protective habits before exploring applications and healthcare intervention practices It also discusses biological and psychobiological models and theories and the impact of stress on health illness and its progression with extensive references to healthy diet and exercise The text also considers the role of key epidemiologic