The new edition of Health Psychology is the perfect introduction to this rapidly developing field. Throughout the book, the psychological processes that shape health-related behaviors, and affect core functions such as the immune and cardiovascular systems, are clearly explained. These relationships provide the foundation for psychological interventions which can change cognition, perception and behavior, thereby improving health.

The book is split into five sections, and builds to provide a ...

The field of educational neuroscience uses new insights about the neural mechanisms of learning to improve educational practices and outcomes. The first volume to bring together the latest knowledge on the development of educational neuroscience from a life-span perspective, this important text offers state of the art, authoritative research findings in educational neuroscience before providing evidence-based recommendations for classroom practice. Thomas, Mareschal, Dumontheil, and the team ...

Psychopathology has been designed to provide students with a comprehensive coverage of both psychopathology and clinical practice, including extensive treatment techniques for a range of mental health issues.

Veterinary Embryology, 2nd Edition, has been updated to reflect the many changes that have developed in the field; the text has been fully revised and expanded and is now in full colour and many pedagogical features and a companion website have been developed.

A fresh, student-accessible, global perspective to health psychology

Health Psychology provides an accessible and empirically-based approach to understanding health psychology. It goes beyond other mainstream textbooks by introducing students to global and cross-cultural health issues, covering cutting-edge scientific and medical topics in ways that students can understand. The author integrates core theory, research, and practice in an engaging and practical way.

The author integrates the bi...

Introduce the work of clinical psychologists whilst remaining mindful client experience.

This is the ideal textbook for introducing undergraduates to Clinical Psychology. Focussed on the field’s professional issues and ethics, research methods, and evidence-based approaches to assessment.and intervention this title provides a comprehensive foundation for students. It does this with the critical backdrop of cultural sensitivity and a life-span perspective ensuring diversity of content and ex...

In a world still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic, immunology, infectious disease testing, and vaccine development have never been more relevant to the public discourse. This COVID-19 and Digital Update of Kuby Immunology adds COVID-19-relevant content through the text and support in Achieve, Macmillan’s next-generation online learning system.

Achieve offers powerful multimedia assets, active learning activities, and assessment tools to support immunology students and instructors.

Here's a rich pictorial review of normal and abnormal human prenatal development. For each body system or region, you'll find a brief description of the developmental plan, with key concepts and terminology, followed by discussions of histological principles, the classification of congenital defects, and basic cellular, molecular, and genetic concepts. An emphasis on morphological patterns in the embryo and fetus makes it easy to understand the structure and function of the adult body and the...

Covering the entire research process - from theory through data collection and analysis to writing up the project - this book offers an easy-to-follow introduction to qualitative methods in nursing and healthcare.

Providing a thorough biopsychosocial approach, this lively and approachable guide is your ideal companion to studying health psychology.