Psychology of Health

Dr Beth Alder is Senior lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Dundee. She has taught health psychology to medical students and a range of health professionals on Honours degree programmes, including podiatry, speech therapy, dietetics, nursing and physiotherapy. She has been researching and publishing on psychological aspects of women's health for over twenty years.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH, 2. DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH, 3. PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS OF HEALTH, 4. ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR AND PERCEPTIONS OF ILLNESS, 5. IMPROVING THE OUTCOME OF TREATMENT, 6. THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS, 7. HEALTH CARE OVER THE LIFESPAN, 8. HEALTH AND REPRODUCTION, 9. STRESS AND ILLNESS, 10. STRESS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, 11. HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION, 12. BEING ILL, REFERENCES, SUBJECT INDEX, AUTHOR INDEX