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This textbook gives a clear and thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues related to health, illness and disability in clinical and health psychology. Challenging some of the preconceptions of ill-health of the biomedical approach, the book explores how health and illness is often shaped by factors such as culture, poverty, gender and sexuality, and examines how these influences impact on the experience and treatment of physical and mental illness as well as disability. Students are introduced to literature from disciplines other than psychology to provide multiple perspectives on these complex issues.
Introduction: Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology
Introduction: Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology
Why do women live longer than men? Why are ethnic minority groups in the UK and USA more often diagnosed with schizophrenia? Why is HIV concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa? Why is it that the poorer you are the more ill-health you ...
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