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Health Psychology in Australia comprehensively explains the physiological, social and psychological factors that impact physical wellbeing.
List of contents
1. Introduction to health psychology Jill Dorrian and Einar Thorsteinsson; 2. Understanding health behaviour and evaluating change Jill Dorrian and Amanda Hutchinson; 3. Common models in health psychology Einar Thorsteinsson; 4. Understanding presentation of research in health: research designs, figures and statistics Jill Dorrian; 5. Nutrition, exercise and health Einar Thorsteinsson; 6. Sleep, sleep loss, safety and health Jill Dorrian; 7. Health risk behaviours: alcohol, drugs and smoking Jill Dorrian and Amanda Hutchinson; 8. Stress and managing stress Mirella Di Benedetto; 9. Lifestyle-related chronic illness (CVD and T2D) and depression Mirella Di Benedetto; 10. Experiencing cancer: an acute and chronic condition Kerry Sherman; 11. Pain and its optimal management Melissa Day; 12. Health inequalities Einar Thorsteinsson; 13. Cross-cultural psychology Katrina Lane-Krebs.
About the author
Jill Dorrian is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia.Einar Thorsteinsson is Associate Professor in Psychology in the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Australia.Mirella Di Benedetto is a lecturer in psychology in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.Katrina Lane-Krebs is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Central Queensland University.Melissa Day is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland.Amanda Hutchinson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy at the University of South Australia.Kerry Sherman is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney.
Summary
This text provides a contemporary perspective on the unique climate in which health psychology is practised in Australia. Drawing on the expertise of the author team, it gives students the skills to identify and evaluate health risk factors and to intervene in and manage health behaviour.
