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This essay emphasises the wide range of links that have been made between psychology to the study of health and healthcare. Health Psychology emphasises the role of psychological factors in the cause, progression and consequences of health and illness
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This essay aims to explore how psychology extends beyond the lecture theatre to have a vital impact on our everyday lives. I will aim to illustrate how the application of psychology can be of benefit in many everyday settings by looking at one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines of psychology; Health Psychology. This essay emphasises the wide range of links that have been made between psychology to the study of health and healthcare. Health Psychology emphasises the role of psychological factors in the cause, progression and consequences of health and illness. Health Psychology as it stands has shown to be extremely useful in the real world, particularly in areas of addiction, abuse, eating disorders and stress. Health is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being...and not merely the absence of disease and illness,"(World Health Organisation, cited in Banyard, 1996, p.3.). "Health Psychology is concerned with the study and...
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