Health Psychology

Health Psychology presents the depth of the field and the behavioural science behind the findings; including major focuses on improving our health care system, caring for our aging population (boomers), and the behavioural components and risk factors for disease prevention and health promotion. The updated content for this fourth Canadian edition is geared toward the already occurring and anticipated changes in Health Psychology around the world. The content related to advances and theories from health psychology as it has developed since its inception in the early 1980's has been maintained.