Health Beliefs and Coping with Chronic Diseases argues that a patient’s faith, cultural beliefs and attitude play a critical role in his/her recovery from various chronic diseases. Based on empirical studies conducted by the author and his colleagues, it highlights the role of social, psychological and spiritual factors in restoring and maintaining good health. In traditional societies like India, people frequently make attributions to God and Karma theory, which have significant bearings on the way they seek remedies—both medicinal and spiritual, and may visit both a medical doctor and a faith healer. Multiple therapeutic paradigms which offer their services need to be understood from the psycho-social-spiritual perspective as well.

I: THEORY AND RESEARCH
Psychology and Health: The Emerging Perspectives Health Beliefs and Living with Chronic Diseases Development of an Attribution Model of Psychological Recovery
II: BELIEFS ABOUT CHRONIC DISEASES
Psychological Recovery of Accident Victims with Physical Disability Health Beliefs and Psychological Adjustment to a Chronic Illness Beliefs about the World and Recovery from Myocardial Infarction Development of a Measure of Psychological Recovery Measures of Perception of Hospital Environment and Affective Reactions
III: CHRONIC DISEASES, SELF AND SOCIETY
A Narrative Approach to Understand Illness Experience Self-construal among Healthy and Chronically Sick Women Family Support and Coping with Chronic Diseases Folk Healing and Public Health-care Programmes References Index