Psychology of Health: An Introduction

The first edition of The Psychology of Health was very well received and has become the standard recommended text for many courses. This completely revised and updated second edition contains new material in all chapters and has several additional chapters on such topics as cancer, nutrition and exercise, social drugs, and the impact of social inequalities upon health. This edition also contains annotated further reading, a glossary of key terms, boxes with ideas and questions for seminar topics, helpful revision points in chapter summaries and an extensive bibliography.Pitts, Marian is the author of 'Psychology of Health: An Introduction', published 1991 under ISBN 9780415041140 and ISBN 0415041147.