Book Review: Health Psychology – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Health, 2nd edition

Author: Deborah Fish Ragin, PhD Publisher: Pearson – 493 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. This branch of psychology looks at how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to our physical health and illness. Our thoughts are part of the psychological factors that affect the way we feel and our actual physical condition. Psychological factors can and do affect our health directly. Behavioral factors can also affect a person’s health. For example, certain behaviors such as excessive smoking and alcohol consumption can undermine our health over...

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