- Not only is Health Psychology, a field that focuses on the promotion and maintenance of both physical and mental health, a rapidly growing area of interest, but it is also a field that draws on and contributes to the other varied fields of psychology, medicine, nursing, sociology, anthropology, among others.
- Provides a relatively comprehensive and accesible overview of the central concepts, issues, conditions and terms that comprise the broad discipline of health psychology
- Covers more than 200 contributions by more than 150 of the leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in the field
- Provides a relatively comprehensive and accesible overview of the central concepts, issues, conditions and terms that comprise the broad discipline of health psychology
- Covers more than 200 contributions by more than 150 of the leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in the field
From the reviews:
"It consists of short articles ... related to health psychology ... . The articles are clear and concise. ... The cross-referencing is good, and each entry has a short bibliography of useful further reading. ... gives a considerable proportion of its space to biographical entries for living health-related psychologists. " (Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, Vol. 19(3), 2005)
"It consists of short articles ... related to health psychology ... . The articles are clear and concise. ... The cross-referencing is good, and each entry has a short bibliography of useful further reading. ... gives a considerable proportion of its space to biographical entries for living health-related psychologists. " (Martin Guha, Reference Reviews, Vol. 19(3), 2005)