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The Psychology of Health and Illness is a thoroughly updated version of Leslie Frazier's previous textbookon health psychology, which provides an engaging and contemporary approach to understandinghealth psychology from a truly international perspective. Combining both biopsychosocial andlifespan developmental perspectives, the book integrates core theory, research, and practice on globaland cross-cultural health issues. It includes thoughtful and deliberately inclusive coverage of marginalizedgroups, especially BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other underrepresented groups, designed to raisediversity and racial consciousness in a globally integrative way.Alongside classic health psychology concepts, the author introduces students to cutting-edge scientificand medical topics such as epigenetics, the gut microbiome, and the nonmedical use of prescriptiondrugs. The book also focuses on global public health and health disparities and promotes astrengths-based approach to health, rather than a deficits-based approach. It includes a wide range ofpedagogical features including real-world applications, engaging anecdotes and case studies, opportunitiesfor self-reflection, and numerous text boxes.This is essential reading for undergraduate students on Health Psychology courses as well as thosein related fields such as nursing and the allied health professions.
A propos de l'auteur
Leslie Frazier is the principal investigator and leader of the Health & Development Lab (HDL) in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University. She works with scholarly collaborators from around the world, community partners, graduate students, and undergraduate students. A developmental health psychologist, Dr. Frazier is interested in the intersections among psychosocial factors and identity/sense of self within the contexts of health and chronic illness in emerging adulthood and later life. Her research, funded by the Mental Research Institute, focuses on how psychosocial, sociocultural, and interpersonal factors impact our perceptions of ourselves, our health, and our well-being. Dr. Frazier and her team are currently investigating the factors that promote identity in people with disability, and the risk and resilience factors related to eating disorders in midlife menopausal women.
