1st Edition
Health Psychology: Stress, Behaviour And Disease
By Douglas Carroll University of Glasgow.
Copyright 1992
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work, designed for A-Level and undergraduate students, describes how behaviour can interact with stress to produce ill-health and, conversely, how stress can be managed to avoid the dangers of heart disease and other illnesses. Health psychology has a relatively short history, but the past decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in this topic. It is designed to be accessible to the... Read more
Introduction - stress, behaviour and disease; type A behaviour and coronary heart disease; hypertension and cardiovascular reactions to stress; cancer and the immune system; the challenge of AIDS; stress management - reducing the risk of coronary heart disease; exercise, fitness and health; taking one's medicine - following therapeutic advice; pain and psychological approaches to its management; final comments - gender, race, social class, and health.
Biography
Douglas Carroll, University of Glasgow
