Scope
The focus of the journal is research in health psychology from the perspective of empirical, qualitative, and critical analysis and studies. Social contexts in which the psychology and health studies occur are also taken into account. Topical coverage includes clinical health psychology, community health psychology, critical health psychology, medical psychology, and clinical psychology.
Publishing formats include reports of empirical studies, critical reviews of the literature, book reviews, contributions related to theory, commentaries related to theory, and editorials on what are deemed to be significant issues. Besides a suggested maximum of 6000 words for articles, brief reports are usually limited to 3000 words.
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