Health psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine‎.‎ This new edition is fully reworked and revised‎,‎ offering an entirely up‎-to‎-date‎,‎ comprehensive‎,‎ accessible‎,‎ one‎-stop resource for clinical psychologists‎,‎ mental health professionals and specialists in health‎-related matters‎.‎ There are two new editors‎:‎ Susan Ayers from the University of Sussex and Kenneth Wallston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center‎.‎ The prestigious editorial team and their international‎,‎ interdisciplinary cast of authors have reconceptualised their much‎-acclaimed handbook‎.‎ The book is now in two parts‎:‎ part I covers psychological aspects of health and illness‎,‎ assessments‎,‎ interventions and healthcare practice‎.‎ Part II covers medical matters listed in alphabetical order‎.‎ Among the many new topics added are‎:‎ diet and health‎,‎ ethnicity and health‎,‎ clinical interviewing‎,‎ mood assessment‎,‎ communicating risk‎,‎ medical interviewing‎,‎ diagnostic procedures‎,‎ organ donation‎,‎ IVF‎,‎ MMR‎,‎ HRT‎,‎ sleep disorders‎,‎ skin disorders‎,‎ depression and anxiety disorders‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Susan Ayers‎,‎ Andrew Baum‎,‎ Chris McManus‎,‎ Stanton Newman
• Publisher‎:‎ Cambridge University Press
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780521605106