From the EHPS Journals Psychology & Health: Current Trends

Interest in the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness continues to grow. The last twenty years have witnessed the development of health psy-chology as a major area of scientific enquiry and this has been reflected in the increas-ing number of journals devoted to publishing research and theory on the role of psycho-logical factors in health and illness. Psychology & Health has established itself as one of the leading journals in the area, with a reputation for publishing high quality theoret-ical and empirical work as well providing a forum for new/critical approaches to psy-chology and health. The year sees the publication if the 20th volume of Psychology & Health. Since its inception in 1987, the journal has grown in terms of the number of issues, pages, submissions and impact factor. Over this time, the journal has also seen three Editors (John Weinman, Ad Kaptein and Paul Norman) and a new Editor is due to be appointed from 2007. Psychology & Health is the official journal of the European Health Psychology Society. Psychology & Health publishes work on the full range of issues pertaining to the role of psychological factors in health and illness, including psychological aspects of th