What is Health Psychology?
As an academic discipline, health psychology might be defined as the scientific study of psychological processes related to health and health care.
As a professional and policy field, health psychology might be defined as the use of findings from basic psychological theory and peer-reviewed research to understand and encourage thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that promote health (Friedman, 2011).


Que es psicologia de la salud?
Como una disciplina academica, psicologia de la salud puede ser definida como el estudio cientifico de procesos psicologicos relacionados a la salud y al cuidado de la salud.
Como un campo profesional y de politicas publicas, psicologia de la salud puede ser definida como el uso de descubrimientos obtenidos desde la teoria psicologica basica e investigacion revisada por pares para comprender y alentar pensamientos, sentimientos y conductas que promuevan la salud (Friedman, 2011).

The psychological aspects of health were and are often viewed (incorrectly) as an "art", whereas the reality is that research and practice in health psychology involve difficult and complicated science.