What is the Need of Health Psychology?
Need of health psychology was there from the beginning. Since the establishment of psychology as an independent branch of study in the 20th century, psychologists have given inputs in inspecting
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Psychological Interventions for Chronic Health Disorders
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND CHRONIC ILLNESS Most chronically ill patients achieve a fairly high quality of life. However, adverse effects of chronic disease and treatments have led health psychologists to develop
Sources of Stress – Individual, Family, Society and Environment
What is Stress? Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. Lazarus and Launier (1978), regarded stress as a transaction between people and the environment. They described stress in terms
Quality of life and Health Behaviors.
Quality of Life and Health Behavior The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as ‘a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health,
Health Compromising Behaviors – Obesity, Smoking & Drinking.
Health-compromising behaviors are the behaviors practiced by people that undermine or harm their current or future health. It refers as the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs. The effect of
What is Biopsychosocial Model of Health?
Before we understand Biopsychosocial Model of Health, we need to understand The Biomedical Model. The Biomedical Model reduces illness to low-level processes such as disordered cells and chemical imbalances, Fails
What is Health Psychology? Its Definitions, Nature & Aim
“Life span may be as wide as your smile: Th e bigger the smile, the longer the life” What is Health? As per World Health Organisation (WHO), Health as “a
What are the Important Fields / Branches of Psychology?
Scope of psychology is increasing day by day, Therefore new fields of psychology / branches of psychology are emerging. Now a days there are more than 50 fields of psychology
Current Trends in Psychology Career Options
Here we have discussed 17 psychology career options are available for students, some of there are traditional and few are quite recent. Clinical Psychology- The most basic psychology career option in