Part One: History and Methods: 1. The History and Background of Health Psychology / Howard S. Friedman and Nancy E. Adler
2. Measurement in Health Psychology Research / Timothy W. Smith
3. Designing and Implementing Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness / J. Lee Westmaas, Virginia Gil-Rivas and Roxane. C. Silver
Part Two: Core Concepts of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Health: 4. The Brain, Homeostasis, and Health: Balancing Demands of the Internal and External / Milieu John T. Cacioppo and Gary G. Berntson
5. Psychoneuroimmunology / Margaret E. Kemeny
6. Stress, Coping and Health Charles / S. Carver
7. Social Support / Shelley E. Taylor
8. Personality, Disease, and Self-healing / Howard S. Friedman
Part Three: Applications to Health Promotion and Effective Treatment
9. Adjustment to Chronic Disease: Progress and Promise in Research / Annette L. Stanton & Tracey A. Revenson
10. Aging and Health / Karen Rook, Susan Turk Charles and Jutta Heckhausen
11. Expressive Writing, Emotional Upheavals, and Health / James W. Pennebaker & Cindy K. Chung
12. Reactions to the Death of a Loved One: Beyond the Myths of Coping with Loss / Camille Wortman & Kathrin Boerner
13. Physician-Patient Communication / Judith A. Hall and Debra L. Roter
14. Uncertainty, Variability and Resource Allocation in the Health Care Decision Process / Robert M. Kaplan.