Health psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine. This important work collates international and interdisciplinary expertise to form a unique encyclopaedic handbook to this field which will be valuable for both medical practitioners and psychologists from trainee to professional level. Intended primarily as a reference text, it is expected that readers will seek out particular chapters for particular purposes. To facilitate this, chapters ha..ve been alphabetically organised with extensive cross-referencing. The first of three sections introduces the non-specialist reader to broad areas of psychology relevant to the practice of medicine. The second and third follow behavioural factors in relation to practice through to an analysis of specific medical conditions. Coverage is broad - an invaluable resource to all those with an interest in health issues, promotion, and care.* Chapters from leading international authorities * Uniquely comprehensive and well referenced coverage * Concise articles arranged encyclopaedically * The definitive textbook for Postgraduate students * From student to specialist, a vital interdisciplinary resource'The new Cambridge Handbook is simply indispensible ... the overall effect is perilously close to Eysenck's famous dictum 'all have won and all must have prizes'. No clinical psychologist is going to want to be without it ... written in a generally jargon-free manner, accessible to all health professionals.' Professor Simon Wessely, Psychological Medicine'This book is a rich mine of information for the medical practitioner ... Bite-size morsels of information, easily digestible, comprehensive.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine'Easy to read; a practical book.' The Journal of Endocrine Genetics