Health psychology is a branch of psychology, which uses psychological knowledge and technology to discuss and solve problems related to maintaining or promoting human health and preventing and treating physical diseases. Here are some knowledge of health psychology and its related disciplines, welcome to read!
Psychosomatic medicine (note: the expansion of medical content and the introduction of psychology)
There are two directions in the study of psychosomatic disorders: one is to emphasize that unresolved contradictions and conflicts in the unconscious lead to psychosomatic disorders from the perspective of psychodynamics; Another study from the psychological and physiological point of view believes that emotional stress is related to physical diseases.
Differences: Psychosomatic medicine focuses on the psychological mechanism and psychological intervention methods of psychosomatic diseases; Health psychology pays attention to the influence of healthy behavior and lifestyle on health.
Second, behavioral medicine (note: the infiltration of behaviorism into medicine)
A discipline that combines behaviorism theory with biomedical knowledge to discuss health and disease problems.
Differences: the psychological theoretical basis of behavioral medicine focuses on behaviorism, and the research object is mainly patients, focusing on the prevention and treatment of diseases; Health psychology takes a wide range of psychological theories and techniques as its own theory and method. The research objects are more healthy people, and more emphasis is placed on the application of psychological science methods to improve people's health and prevent diseases.
Relationship: Psychosomatic medicine, behavioral medicine and health psychology have similar goals and research contents, share knowledge, technology and achievements, and their independence is mainly based on organizational significance. The main difference lies in the self-training methods of its members, and behavioral medicine is the most extensive, which brings together the principles and knowledge of various disciplines; The classic paradigm of psychosomatic medicine is the principle of applied medicine, especially the method of psychiatry; Health psychology is a branch of psychology, which directly draws lessons from other branches of psychology.
Third, clinical psychology (note: applied psychology, psychology? Medicine? )
Clinical psychology focuses on psychosomatic diseases and psychosomatic disorders. Integrate science (mainly psychology), theory and practice to understand, predict and alleviate imbalance, disability and discomfort, and promote human adaptation, adjustment and personal growth.
Relationship: all belong to the branch of psychology, with the same theoretical basis and overlapping work.
Differences: The research object of clinical psychology is mainly people with psychological problems, paying more attention to psychological problems or the somatization of psychological problems, focusing on the evaluation and intervention of psychopathology-tertiary prevention, emphasizing diagnostic criteria and counseling and treatment techniques, mainly in the psychiatric department of hospitals; Health psychology takes healthy people and patients with physical diseases as research objects, pays attention to physical perfection or diseases, pays more attention to primary prevention, and cultivates people's healthy behaviors and good lifestyles. Health psychology should pay more attention to the psychological influencing factors or factors in the whole process of disease occurrence, development, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery, which should be the basic knowledge that all medical staff should have.
Four, medical psychology (note: the expansion of medical skills, psychology for medical services)
Compared with psychosomatic medicine, psychosomatic medicine is more medical.
Usually defined as a branch of medicine, it is devoted to the art of manipulating patients. Focusing on the relationship between psychological factors and physical diseases, the research and practice methods are mostly the same as clinical psychology, but focusing on the biological aspects of psychology, the driving force comes from medicine rather than psychology.
In China, medical psychology is a compulsory course in medical colleges and universities, and it has become a general term for all branches of psychology and medical practice. Clinical psychology and health psychology are both branches of medical psychology.
Difference: Similar to the difference between psychosomatic medicine and health psychology. At the same time, it can be said that the emergence of behavioral medicine and health psychology has further expanded the scope of medical psychology.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) mental health
Differences: Health psychology pays more attention to physical health and psychological factors as its antecedent or consequence, and psychology is an orientation of perspective, research and intervention; In the field of mental health, mental health and mental illness are problems that need to be paid attention to and solved.
6. Summary: Health Psychology (Note: Healthy Living Practice)
Health psychology and the above disciplines overlap, each with its own emphasis. The distinction between health psychology and other important features: paying attention to healthy people and patients with physical diseases, and paying attention to the influence of healthy behavior and lifestyle on health are more related to the preventive thinking of treating diseases.
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