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Essay Unit 26 - Health Psychology
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Healthpsychology
, What is health psychology?
What is health psychology?
Health psychology focuses on how biological, social, and psychological variables
affect health and illness. It helps to understand how people's behaviors and
emotions impact their physical health, while additionally giving strategies to cope
with illnesses. (American Psychological Association, 2014).
What is the purpose?
The purpose of health psychology is to promote and maintain health while
improving the healthcare system by finding the root of the problem and preventing
illnesses by finding treatments at an early stage of the illness so people can
maintain a healthy lifestyle. (Ulster University, 2022)
, Definition of health.
Health is always changing and evolving, this can be seen as WHO altered their
definition, they published in1948 to their updated one in 1984.
The definition of health formulated in 1948 states that “Health is a state of
complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease.” (World Health Organisation , n.d.) The altered definition of health in
1984 states that “Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of
living; it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as
well as physical capacities." (CMED, 2023)
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