Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Origin and Evolution of Health Psychology -- Chapter 2: Health and health Psychology -- Chapter 3: Health Protection & Health Promotion Behaviour -- Chapter 4: Health Risk Behaviour -- Chapter 5: Theories of Health Behaviour -- Chapter 6: Physiology of Human Body -- Chapter 7: Stress and Illness -- Chapter 8: Chronic Illness: Biopsychosocial Approach -- Chapter 9: Patient Care: Impact on Caregivers and Doctors -- Chapter 10: Resilience, Health and Wellbeing.

"A comprehensive textbook covering the theories of health behaviour and their analysis, application value and research potential. Satisfying a long-standing need for an approachable textbook that brings together the Western and Indian perspective on health psychology, this book coherently presents the knowledge diversified across various narrow sub-fields. Each chapter is illustrated with engaging diagrams, real-life examples and recent research studies to make the content easy to understand as well as application-oriented. Dedicated text boxes for practitioners and researchers in the area are expected to stimulate students to think innovatively along culturally relevant lines and take steps towards meaningful research. Health Psychology: Theory, Practice and Research will prove to be an indispensable companion for students of undergraduate and postgraduate levels, researchers and practitioners in psychology, as well as for medical and paramedical studies. Key Features: Enriched with real-life cases, engaging illustrations and citations from major research studies. Insights into culturally relevant problems and interventions. Identification of research design and practitioner's action points for every theme. Self-explanatory and student-friendly treatment of topics, following curriculum guidelines of major Indian universities Meena Hariharan Professor, Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad"--