About Health Psychology
Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It is concerned with understanding how psychological, behavioral, and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness. Psychological factors can affect health directly.
Empty nest syndrome: The unexpected grief
... Tony Cassidy, professor of child and family Health Psychology at the University of Ulster University, said that while Empty Nest syndrome was a clinical diagnosis, it is generally accepted that, if the children leave the house, the parents - especially mothers - experience a feeling of sadness, loss, depression, loneliness, Stress, and even a loss of meaning and purpose in life...
Obesity is not caused by the lack of willpower - psychologists
... Angel Chater, reported author and reader in Health Psychology, and behavior design at the University of Bedfordshire...
Has shaming fat help people to lose weight?
... this experience, though, is atypical, says Jane Ogden, professor of Health Psychology at the University of Surrey...
Pregnant and depressed: I was afraid you would, my child, if I was, how I felt'
... says Mental health during and after pregnancyProf Lorraine Sherr, a clinical psychologist and Director of the Health Psychology Unit at University College London, may trigger a pregnancy, mental health problems and exacerbate existing ones...
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