What's in a name: Clinical psychology, medical psychology, health psychology ...?

- This paper aims at tracing a brief history and background of Health Psychology, from its origin, in 1978 within the APA Division 38, up to our days. In Italy, Health Psychology developed in the Seventies from Medical Psychology and nowadays it is a well defined discipline, with a national scientific Society, linked to the European Health Psychology Society, several courses within the faculties of Psychology, and few post-graduate courses. As Health Psychology is both a theoretical and applied field, recent advances, especially in North America and UK, have lead to the development of specific sub-disciplines, such as Clinical health psychology, Occupational health psychology, Public health psychology, Community health psychology, and Critical health psychology. In Italy also there is a recent interest for these areas, which is reflected in the variety of published studies and practical applications in different contexts (i.e., healthcare, schools, work, and public and community health). Although the necessity of creating separate sub-disciplines has not yet emerged in Italy, the Italian Health Psychology is currently characterized by a great variety of research methods, both quantitative and qualitative, and by a critical analysis and a deep evaluation of different theoretical orientations. Key words: clinical health psychology, critical health psychology, health psychology, occupational psychology, community psychology, medical psychology, public health.

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Notes on the development of health psychology and behavioral medicine in the United States

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105318755156 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 492-505 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ian Lubek ◽

Monica Ghabrial ◽

Naomi Ennis ◽

Sara Crann ◽

Amanda Jenkins ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

United States ◽

Health Psychology ◽

New York ◽

Behavioral Medicine ◽

Clinical Psychology ◽

The United States ◽

State University ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S

A “standard” historiographical overview of the development of health psychology in the United States, alongside behavioral medicine, first summarizes previous disciplinary and professional histories. A “historicist” approach follows, focussing on a collective biographical summary of accumulated contributions of one cohort (1967–1971) at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Foundational developments of the two areas are highlighted, contextualized within their socio-political context, as are innovative cross-boundary collaboration on “precursor” studies from the 1960s and 1970s, before the official disciplines emerged. Research pathways are traced from social psychology to health psychology and from clinical psychology to behavioral medicine.

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Laboratoř neuropsychologie Neurologické kliniky 1. LF UK

E-psychologie ◽

10.29364/epsy.427 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 95-97

Author(s):

Ondřej Bezdíček ◽

Tomáš Nikolai

Keyword(s):

Health Psychology ◽

Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽

Brain Imaging ◽

Research Program ◽

Medical Psychology ◽

Clinical Neuroscience ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

Neuroscience Research ◽

Postgraduate Studies ◽

Experimental Neuropsychology

The Laboratory of Neuropsychology (LN)—Jiří Diamant Neuropsychological Laboratory—is a generic base for research and teaching of clinical and experimental neuropsychology in close connection with clinical neuroscience research and postgraduate studies in neuroscience and medical psychology and psychopathology at the Department of Neurology. The LN provides medical services and participates in teaching and research as required by the Head of the Dept. of Neurology. The LN is a base for collaboration with external departments, especially in the areas of clinical and medical psychology, health psychology, brain imaging, neurosurgery, and psychopharmacology. The research program of the LN is mainly devoted to the neuropsychology of neurodegenerative diseases and the development of neuropsychological tools for the assessment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Gerontopsychology in Austria

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000065 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 155-159

Author(s):

Stefanie R. Auer ◽

Gerald Gatterer

Keyword(s):

Health Psychology ◽

Clinical Psychology ◽

Working Group ◽

Developmental Psychology

In Austria, gerontopsychology is seen as a subdiscipline of clinical psychology which was influenced by many additional disciplines such as developmental psychology, health psychology, geriatrics, and gerontosociology. Gerontopsychology is gaining in importance in the light of recent epidemiological developments. The Gerontopsychology Working Group of the Austrian Psychological Association has taken up the initiative and developed a specialized curriculum. Its content as well as other recent initiatives are described in this contribution.

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