Download or read book Topics in Health Psychology written by S. Maes and published by . This book was released on 1988-11-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health psychology is a fairly new but fast growing area of psychology. This book attempts to supply an overview of current research in different topics such as psychological precursors of coronary heart disease and cancer, smoking prevention, medical events and procedures and many others.