Health psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with investigating psychological influences on physical health. It studies how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness. Health psychology emphasizes how behavior influences health and is well positioned to help people change unhealthy behaviors and encourage healthy behaviors. Current issues in health psychology include stress reduction, weight management, smoking cessation, nutrition, reducing risky behaviors, hospice care, preventing illness, understanding illness effects, and improving recovery.

1. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

2. • Outline
• Definition of health
• Definition of health Psychology
• How health Psychology is unique
• Current Issues in Health Psychology

3. • Health :-
• Health is the state of complete physical natural and social
well_being and both merely the absence of disease and Infinity
(definition by WHO)
• Health psychology:-
• Health psychology is also known as medical psychology
• It is the branch of psychology concerned with investigating
psychological influences on Physical health

4. • it is the study of psychological illness and behavioural process
• IN health and health care system it is concerned Woth
understanding how psychological behavioural and cultural
factors contribute Physical health and illness .
• Psychological factors can affect health directly ( physical
health.... Psychological health .....and social well-being)

5. • How is health Psychology unique?
• Because health psychology emphasizes how behavior influences
health, it is well positioned to help people change the behaviors that
contribute to health and well-being.
• EXAMPLE:-
• For example, psychologists who work in this field might conduct
applied research on how to prevent unhealthy behaviors such as
smoking and look for new ways to encourage healthy actions such as
exercising.

6. • Current Issues in Health Psychology
• Health psychologists work with individuals, groups, and communities
to decrease risk factors, improve overall health, and reduce illness.
They conduct research and provide services in areas including
• Stress reduction
• Weight management
• Smoking cessation
• Improving daily nutrition

7. • Reducing risky sexual behaviors
• Hospice care and grief counseling
• Preventing illness
• Understanding the effects of illness
• Improving recovery
• Teaching coping skills