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What is Health Psychology?


The American Psychological Association states that health psychology is concerned with understanding how biology, behavior, and social context influence health and illness.

Within this framework, the division of health-psychology within the British Psychological Society notes that psychological research and methods are applied to inform such issues as:

  • The Promotion & Maintenance of Health
  • The Identification of Factors Contributing to Physical Illness;
  • The Improvement of The Health Care System
  • The Formulation of Health Policy

  • Health Psych Career Advice & Information


    This section of the health psych page contains information links for anybody interested in becoming a health psychologist, or anybody wanting to find out more about what health psychologists do.

    This information will relate predominately to the practice of health-psychology in the USA & UK; however, I hope to include related information from other countries in due course.

    USA:

    What A Health Psychologist Does and How to Become One

    Very useful publication by the health-psychology division of the American Psychological Association. Click Here for information on:

  • The Work Setting of a Health Psychologist
  • Clinical Activities
  • Training for Health Psych Careers
  • UK:

    The British Psychological Society

    Click Here for information on:

  • The Role of The Health Psychologist
  • How Much Health Psychologists Get Paid
  • Becoming A Health Psychologist
  • Obtaining Relevant Work Experience

  • Health Psych 2.0


    This part of the health psych page is dedicated to the move towards what is known as web 2.0. Web 2.0 links people, it's a place where people contribute, share, collaborate and learn. To access some of the links below, you may have to register and/or login.

    Calling All Health Psychologists

    Facebook group with over 100 members.

    Mindfulness Stress Reducation & Healing

    Lecture by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The lecture was part of the Google Tech Talks series and covers a range of issues that are of interest to health-psychology. Including:

  • The Mind Body Relationship
  • Stress Reduction
  • Anxiety, Anger & Depression
  • Meditation
  • The Immune System

  • Recommended Reading


    Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health by Linda Brannon & Jess Feist

    Book Description

    Brannon and Feist's Health-Psychology: An Introduction to Behaviour and Health has remained the mainstay in the field of health psychology for its scholarship, strong and current research base, and balanced coverage of the cognitive, behavioral, and biological approaches to health-psychology. The text's accessibility for a wide-ranging student audience has been a main ingredient of this book's success.

    Instructors and students alike will appreciate the concise writing style, ample pedagogy, and visual program in this classic approach to the teaching and learning of health-psychology.

    See following link for more details:

    Health-Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health

    UK Visitors Click Here


    Classic Articles All Psychology Students Should Read


    This special Kindle collection consists of the most influential, infamous and iconic research articles ever published in the history of psychology. See following link for full details.

    The Psychology Classics Kindle Collection


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