Key psychological concepts in health psychology

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Health Psychology – A subfield of psychology that focuses on examining the relationships between behavioral, cognitive, psychophysiological, social, and environmental factors and the creation, maintenance, and harm of health; incorporating the findings of psychological and biological research into the design of experience-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of disease; and assessing physical and psychological status before, during, and after medical and psychological treatment. It is also called healthcare psychology