Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness

Psychobiological Processes in Health and Illness

by KateHamilton-West (Author)

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'A fantastic contribution to health psychology. My PhD students and medical students are instructed to read it (not often I recommend books these days). It feels like the field has been waiting for this for a long time' - Dr Lis Cordingley

Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Manchester

An engaging introduction to the interrelationships between mind and body across a broad range of topics including infectious illness, autoimmunity, cancer and pain. Taking a biopsychosocial approach, it brings together research from a number of disciplines including health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology and behavioural genetics.

Students are encouraged to consider how advances in psychobiological research can help us to uncover the true complexity of links between psychological, biological and social processes with respect to implications for health and how such advances can inform the development of interventions and treatment.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 20 Dec 2010

ISBN 10: 1847872441
ISBN 13: 9781847872449

Media Reviews
A fantastic contribution to health psychology. My PhD students and medical students are instructed to read it (not often I recommend books these days). It feels like the field has been waiting for this for a long time
Dr Lis Cordingley
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Manchester

An engaging and well written health psychology textbook with a strong psychobiological focus
Dr Daryl O'Connor

University of Leeds

Author Bio
Dr Kate Hamilton-West is a Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Kent