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Contents 2003

Vol 12, Issue 1, January 2003 (click for pdf file)

Individual Articles:

Should work placements be part of MSc Health Psychology courses? 3
James Elander, Nick Troop & Justin Parker

Health Psychology consultancy: Potential pitfalls and cautionary tales 11
Marcus Munafo

Where do I go from here? The experiences of a postgraduate in MSc Health Psychology 14
Belinda Clark

Journals Update         16

Book Reviews          19
Lucine Teacher
Inogo Tolosa
Rosemary Chapman
Sophia Bird
Erika Borkoles

Books for Review         27
Forthcoming Events      28    

Conference Reports:         
Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference – Sheffield 2002 32
Rowena Hawtin

European Health Psychology Annual Conference – Lisbon 2002  34
Aidan Searle, Lone Gale, Carrie Llewellyn


Vol 12, Issue 2, April 2003

Individual Articles:

Cancer genetic risk assessment: a focus group study of positive and  negative  emotions and the use of distraction as a coping strategy  2
Ceri Phelps, Paul Bennett & Kate Brain

Dear diary: exploring the utility of diaries as a powerful and multi-functional research tool  7
Katie Reid, John Asbury, Raymond McDonald & Mick Serpell

Motivational and volitional interventions in exercise promotion: is two better than one?  13
Andrew Prestwich

Turning crisis into opportunity… Consultancy for allied health professionals 16
Emma Boulton

Health Psychology at ….

A profile of health psychology at the University of Surrey   20
Victoria Senior

Discussion Forum:

Health Psychology and the RAE      22

Book Reviews:         24
Deborah Biggerstaff
Rebecca Knibb

Books for Review         27
News of Members         28
Forthcoming Events         29

Conference & Workshop Reports: 

Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference – Sheffield 2002  33
National Conference Organiser Report
Hilary Bekker

Cognitive Interviewing: A useful tool for health psychology? Review of symposium – Thinking Aloud Methodology   35
Susan Carnell

The Inaugural BREATHE Workshop, 2002 report    38
Martin Cartwright, Saskie Sanderson, Jo Waller, Alison Wright


Volume 12, Issue 3 July 2003

Themed Articles: Critical Health Psychology

Critical health psychology needs psychopolitical validity   2
Issac Prilletensky

Beyond the sidelines: Towards a more politically engaged health psychology  12
Michael Murray & Catherine Campbell

Overview of the discourses in the European Commission’s 1996-2000 Health Promotion Programme 18
Carla Willig, Catherine Sykes & David Marks

What makes critical health psychology critical? A critical community public health psychological perspective  20
David Fryer

Individual Articles:

International comparisons in personal health behaviours: current research issues and update on the EHBS and IHBS  25
Jane Wardle, Andrew Steptoe & Anne Hasse

Why does diabetes require specific psychological support?   33
Roberta Morris

Opportunities for health psychologists in industry    36
Claire Gilbert & Lucy Abraham

Learning and teaching in health psychology     39
Dominic Upton

Putting the BeSST in medical education     41
Sarah Peters

Book Reviews:         43
Sue Jackson

Books for Review         44
News of Members         45
Forthcoming Events         46


 Vol 12, Issue 4, October 2003

Individual Papers

Systematic Reviews in health psychology: how and why they should be conducted
Christopher Bridle

Putting pain to paper: a qualitative study of chronic pain patients’ experiences of using a two-week self-report pain diary
Katie Reid, John Asbury, Raymond MacDonald & Michael Serpell

Spousal caregiving in Huntington’s Disease: An issue for health psychology
Aimee Aubeeluck

What can multidimensional scaling and facet theory offer health psychology?
Simon Cooper & Ian Donald

Dental anxiety and oral health promotion
Sara Cox, Katie Clarke & Tom Cox

Testing implementation intentions in the field: is non-intentional non-adherence really a problem?
Cath Jackson, Rebecca Lawton & Mark Conner

Getting together to prevent falling in older people: A multidisciplinary and multinational approach
Maggie Donovan-Hall & Lucy Yardley

The BPS Stage 1 qualification in health psychology
James Elander

Stage 2 training: How do we acquire and demonstrate competence in consultancy?
Sandra Horn

Stalkers and their victims: some psychological implications
Mike Berry & Sarah Rockliff

Some characteristics of 7289 cases of rape and sexual assault seen at St. Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre since 1986
Iain McLean & Val Balding

A career in mental health promotion
Tonja Schmidt

Health Psychology at …

A profile of health psychology at Queen Margaret College University
Jane Turnbull & Joyce Willock

A profile of health psychology at University College Lynn B. Myers

Book Reviews
Heather Semper
Catherine Smith
Erika Borkoles

Books for review
Forthcoming events
News of Members