We are often asked to recommend some introductory reference books for new students on our courses. Here are some suggestions which provide a good introduction to the subject areas we teach and to our research interests.
It is not recommended that you buy, or even read, all of these, if it adds financial or academic pressure prior to the course.: We do encourage reading through a well-chosen few, which should give you some useful background material. You should be able to access recommended e-books from our libraries online once you have registered for your online student account and any paper books from from our libraries upon arrival..
The SAGE handbook of Mental Health and Illness; David Pilgrim, Anne Rogers, and Bernice Pescosolido
Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and Applications; Andrew Steptoe, Kenneth Freedland; Lydia Poole; J. Richard Jennings, Maria M. Llabre, Stephen B Manuck, and Elizbetha J Susman
Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind; Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, George R. Mangun
The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing; M. L. Johnson, V.L. Bengston, P.G. Coleman and T. B. L. Kirkwood
Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry; Tom Dening and Alan Thomas
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Robert Goodman and Stephen Scott
Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology; Jennifer M. Brown and Elizabeth A. Campbell
As part of the course, you'll cover research methods and applied statistics, here are some basic books you may find useful if you want to prepare:
Research methods and statistics in psychology; Hugh Coolican
Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics; Andy P. Field
Simple Statistics: A course book for the social sciences; Frances Clegg
You may find it helpful to view the following websites:
British Psychological Society (BPS)
BPS Code of Human Research Ethics
BPS Ethics Guidelines for Internet-Mediated Research
BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct
Medicine
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