International Society Of Critical Health Psychology
The International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) is a society devoted to debate about critical ideas within health psychology and developing new ways of health psychology practice.
The Society's next conference will be held Sunday 21st to Wednesday 24 July 2013 in Bradford, UK, at the University of Bradford. The conference website is available here and abstracts can be submitted online here (the first submission deadline is 1st February 2013, and the final submission deadline is 8th March 2013).
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