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Author Carroll, Douglas.

Title Health psychology : stress, behaviour and disease / Douglas Carroll
Published London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1992

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 MELB  616.0019 Car/Hps  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Contemporary psychology series ; 4
Contemporary psychology series (London, England) ; 4
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction: Stress, Behaviour, and Disease -- Ch. 2. Type A Behaviour and Coronary Heart Disease -- Ch. 3. Hypertension and Cardiovascular Reactions to Stress -- Ch. 4. Cancer and the Immune System -- Ch. 5. The Challenge of AIDS -- Ch. 6. Stress Management: Reducing the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease -- Ch. 7. Exercise, Fitness, and Health -- Ch. 8. Taking One's Medicine: Following Therapeutic Advice -- Ch. 9. Pain and Psychological Approaches to its Management -- Ch. 10. Final Comments: Gender, Race, Social Class, and Health
Analysis Humans Stress (Behaviour)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-122) and index
Subject Clinical health psychology.
Stress (Psychology)
Type A behavior.
Psychology, Clinical.
Stress, Psychological.
Type A Personality.
LC no. 92011299
ISBN 1850008418
1850008426