Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare

Dr Richard de Visser has been working in the fields of health psychology and public health for 25 years.  He is Reader in Psychology at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex, where has received awards for his individual and group teaching.  He was co-author of Psychology for Medicine (Sage, 2011) and Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (Sage, 2017). Richard completed a BSc in psychology at the University of Melbourne, and a PhD at the Australian Research centre in Sex, Health & Society. He then undertook post-doctoral work at Birkbeck College, University of London before moving to Sussex.  Richard’s research interests span a broad range of topics in health psychology, including: sexuality and relationships; gender and health; alcohol use; use of health services; and cross-cultural analyses. He has expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods, intervention studies, and mixed-methods designs. He is lead- or co-author on over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and his work is cited widely.Susan AyersSusan is a psychologist specialising in wellbeing and mental health during pregnancy and after birth. She is a professor at City, University of London in the School of Health Sciences, a chartered health psychologist and cognitive behaviour therapist. Since obtaining her PhD from the University of London, Susan worked at St. George′s Hospital Medical School (London) and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (Sussex) before moving to City, University of London. Susan is co-author of Psychology for Medicine (2011), and Psychology for Medicine and Healthcare (Sage, 2017) and editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2007, 2019). She has given numerous invited lectures and workshops and was awarded the Annual Lecturer Prize by the Society of Reproductive and Infant Psychology in 2012.

• 1 Psychology and MedicineSection I: Psychology and Health2 Motivation, Emotion, and Health3 Stress and Health4 Symptoms, Pain, and Illness5 Health and Behaviour6 Chronic Illness, Death, and DyingSection II: Basic Foundations of Psychology7 The Nervous System, Neurology, and Psychiatry8 Psychosocial Development across the Lifespan9 Social Psychology10 Cognitive PsychologySection III: Healthcare Practice11 Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equality in Medicine and Healthcare12 Evidence-Based Practice13 Clinical Communication14 Psychological InterventionSection IV: Body Systems15 Immunity and Protection16 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health17 Gastrointestinal Health18 Reproduction and Endocrinology19 Genitourinary Medicine