Health Psychology: Stress, Behaviour And Disease

ISBN-13: 9781850008415 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 138 str.

Douglas Carroll University of Glasgow.

Opis

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Douglas Carroll, University of Glasgow