Susan Michie / Charles Abraham (eds.)

Broschiertes Buch

Health Psychology in Practice

Beschreibung

Published by Blackwell in association with the British Psychological Society (BPS), Health Psychology in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the competences required for professional training in the UK (BPS Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology). Sections cover the areas of research, consultancy and teaching and training competencies as well as describing some of the professional roles that health psychologists are developing within the National Health Service and other organisations. The book details the requirements of the qualification, including the assessment procedures, and sets out what trainees must be able to do in order to attain it. The final chapter contains a series of individual commentaries on health psychology training in a variety of countries, which will be of great interest to an international audience. Susan Michie and Charles Abraham have both helped to establish the Stage 2 qualification and so are ideally placed to edit this text.

Autor

Susan Michie is Reader in Clinical Health Psychology at University College London. Charles Abraham is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex. Both are Chartered Psychologists, Fellows of the BPS and approved Stage 2 supervisors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781405110891
• ISBN-10: 1405110899
• Artikelnr.: 21671620

Rezensionen

"Michie & Abraham have produced a truly comprehensive textbased around the competencies required to train as a healthpsychologist in the UK. It will be required reading for all in suchtraining and, because of the breadth and salience of UK healthpsychology training, the book will also be of value to a wide rangeof other applied psychologists and social scientists in the UK andelsewhere." Professor Derek Johnston, University of Aberdeen,Chair Elect, BPS Division of Health Psychology

"This book tackles the 'bricks and mortar' of how to do healthpsychology, on both practical and academic levels. Adopting adown-to-earth, no-nonsense approach and written with great clarity,its cohesive and integrated style makes it easy to read and

digest.Essential reading and an invaluable reference for all healthpsychologists who want to be fully professionally qualified andwell informed about what is happening in Britain, all advancedresearchers in the field including those training at doctorallevel, students contemplating training for chartership, and theirsupervisors." Suzanne Skevington, Professor of Psychology,University of Bath

"The publication of this book is particularly timely as theframework for Stage 2 training of Health Psychologists in the UKcontinues to roll out. The book offers a clear rationale andaccount of the UK Health Psychology training framework, togetherwith comparative accounts of training models in the US, Australia& Europe. Subsequent sections clearly illustrate thecompetencies that health psychologists are required to demonstrateat the end of their period in the areas of research, consultancyand interventions, training and teaching and professional practice,with examples of how these competencies can be acquired inpractice. With relevant illustrative examples and clear linkagesbetween current practice and the competencies underpinning Stage 2training, this book will be an invaluable resource for prospectiveand current trainees and supervisors in health psychology. Thisvolume will do much to define and clarify the roles andcompetencies of health psychologists in the UK, and will quell theanxieties of those wishing to embark on health psychology training,concerned about the need to acquire a potentially daunting array ofcompetencies. It will also help to bring alive the academicknowledge base of health psychology for students at undergraduateand postgraduate levels, by offering clear linkages between theory,research and practice." Professor Nichola Rumsey, ResearchDirector, Centre for Appearance Research, Department of Psychology,UWE Bristol

"Published with the British Psychological Society, this readableand practical text will surely form the standard introduction tothis maturing field. It covers training models, research (includingdesign and even writing grant applications), consultancy andinterventions, training and teaching, and professional roles andpractice. " The Scientific and Medical Network Review

"Much of the material has a value for health professionals otherthan just psychologists, such as the chapters on planning researchprojects, analysing and reporting data in health research,designing and conducting qualitative studies, carrying outsystematic reviews, and writing for publication." Dental HealthVolume 45, no 2