Health psychology is the science that studies the psychological causes of health, helping to find methods and tools that will help protect, strengthen and develop it. Socrates also said that no one can heal the body without the soul, what modern medical psychologists do helps determine the behavior or experience that will help improve health, eliminate disease and affect the effectiveness of medical care.
In the science of psychology, the concept of health is not only linked to biological processes in the body, but also to psychological, behavioural, and social processes. It is obvious that a person cannot interfere with biological actions, but he or she can change the stressful situation and be free of his or her plight forever. This science is still in its infancy. However, we are seeing a lot of positive outcomes from this science. People are overcoming various diseases. Improving their situation through Psychological methods
Basic Health Psychology Principles and Functions:
1.Keeping a person’s health and motivating them to improve it.
2.Identifying a person’s disease and personality, demonstrating ways to control a person’s emotions, developing self-control, assisting in the study of pain control, and so on, e.g. It has been demonstrated that optimism and enthusiasm provide courage when confronted with panic attacks.
3.Self-study, or learning how to be more capable of changing one’s circumstances. Through self-study, many people have been able to identify themselves.
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