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2. Contents
• Definition
• Objectives
• Scope
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3. Health Psychology refers to the understanding of psychological
influences on how people stay healthy, how they become ill and how
they respond when they get ill.
Health Psychology is concerned with a aspect of health and illness
across life-span.
Health Psychology is the study of psychological & behavioral
processes in health, illness and healthcare, concerned with the
understanding how psychological, behavioral and cultural factors
contribute to physical health and illness.

4. Objectives of Health Psychology :
• Focus on health promotion and health maintenance,
• Prevention and treatment of illness,
• Focus on the etiology and correlates off health, illness, and
dysfunction,
• Analyze and attempt to improve the health care system and the
formulation of health policy,
• Other interventions- reducing stress, enhancing quality of life,
bolstering the immune system functioning, increasing adherence to
medical prescriptions, reducing disability and increasing personal
mastery, coping skills & personal management.

5. Scope of Health Psychology & its Interventions in Health Care
• Manage chronic & life threatening disease such as rheumatoid,
arthritis, diabetes and cancer.
• Treat psychophysical disorder such as hypertension, headache,
insomnia, etc.
• Provide adjuncture or complementary care for patients with
refractory medical symptoms such as pain and psychological
comorbidity such as depression, stress and for patients who must
cope with surgery and other stressful medical procedure.