Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology
Chapter One
Introduction and Overview
Susan Llewelyn
and
Paul Kennedy
University of Oxford, UK
The science and practice of clinical health psychology represents one of the most successful
expansions in the discipline of psychology in the past 20 years. Clinical health psychology
is becoming a success story. It is now recognised that psychological issues play a crucial
role in almost every health care condition, and that addressing these issues will increase
well-being and quality of life. From centres specialising in cancer and heart disease to those
working with dermatology and trauma, clinical health psychologists have become part of
the health care team in many parts of developed health economies. They have contributed
to the increasing range of t ... read full excerpt from Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology ebook
