Now in its fourth edition, Health Psychology takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to studying health psychology, and offers a comprehensive overview of the subareas within this fascinating subject.

1. An Interdisciplinary View of Health

2. Research Methods

3. Theories and Models of Health Behavior Change

4. Global, Communicable, and Chronic Disease

5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part I

5. Risky Health Behaviors: Part II

6. Emotional Health and Well-Being

7. Stress and Coping

8. Psychoneuroimmunology

9. Cardiovascular Disease

10. Chronic Pain Management and Arthritis

11. Cancer

12. Health Care Systems and Health Policy: Effects on Health Outcomes

13. The Health Psychologist's Role: Research, Application, and Advocacy

Deborah Fish Ragin is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Montclair State University, New Jersey. She served as Assistant Professor on the faculties of Hunter College, City University of New York, and as Associate Research Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now the Icahn School of Medicine) before joining Montclair State. She also served as an American Psychological Association Representative to the United Nations, focusing on the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS.