Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. The discipline is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness. Psychological factors can affect health directly.
Health psychology is also about how the mind and body are connected in health and illness. Examples of how health psychology can help include providing interventions when someone feels large amounts of anxiety and experiences headaches or stomach problems.
The four main types of health psychology include clinical health psychology, public health psychology, community health psychology, and critical health psychology.
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