Handbook of Psychology

xviii Contributors Stephanie H. Felgoise, PhD Department of Psychology PCOM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pamela A. Geller, PhD Dep ...

Contributors xix Charles M. Morin, PhD École de Psychologie Université Laval Québec, Canada Arthur M. Nezu, PhD, ABPP Center for ...

xx Contributors Gary E. Swan, PhD Center for Health Sciences SRI International Menlo Park, California Catherine M. Sykes, MSc De ...

Introduction The power of the imagination is a great factor in medicine. It may produce diseases in man and in animals, and it m ...

2 Introduction evaluation of prevention activities intended to assist with health maintenance and improvement is more cost-ef“ci ...

PART ONE OVERVIEW ...

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CHAPTER 1 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues DAVID F. MARKS, CATHERINE M. SYKES, AND JENNIFER M. MCKINLEY 5 THE ...

6 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues recognition of the “eld of health psychology in the United States occurred ...

The Definition and Scope of Health Psychology 7 de“nition can pose some serious dif “culties. In fact, at face value, the de“nit ...

8 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues The mission of professional health psychology is to pro- mote and maintain ...

The Definition and Scope of Health Psychology 9 locates professional health psychology within the clinical domain, in hospitals, ...

10 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues meaninglessness are key characteristics of illness. Having the resources ...

Education and Training in the United States 11 and training in health psychology was “rst discussed in the early 1980s. A Nation ...

12 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues training costs on to the trainees themselves in tuition fees. However, in ...

Education and Training in Europe 13 and practice ”owing out of this interdisciplinary “eld. At the same time, changes in health ...

14 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues The EFPPA task force placed the training requirements of professional hea ...

Education and Training in the United Kingdom 15 in 2001. This quali“cation is essential to all those wishing to work professiona ...

16 Health Psychology: Overview and Professional Issues Research Competence Health psychologists must be capable of being indepen ...

Similarities and Differences between the U.S., European, and U.K. Models 17 include paid employment, academic work, training and ...