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

It is increasingly clear that how healthy we are is bound up with who we are, our characteristic styles of behaving and the sorts of psychological worlds we occupy. Correspondingly, it is likely that psychological strategies which seek to reduce unhealthy behaviour and to change our ways of dealing with stress will become increasingly important in the battle against illness and in the promotion of health.