Psychology Essence: research

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How Psychologist and Economist Work Together in Research?

By: Kimberly Swanson, MS-Psy, CNA

Many psychologists and economist share data from their research because each piece of their studies fills in missing gaps. For instance, if a psychologist does a research on patients that are uninsured, their finding may explain the purpose behind human behaviors. Their research may explain certain behaviors such why some patients are not going to doctor appointments or why some patients are not getting the adequate treatments for their condition?

An economist may go into more detail about the financial conditions and the economy for the reasons why an uninsured patient do not get the medical assistance that they may need. Combining or sharing research between health psychologist and economists in these examples show how the study can show so much more details and give a broader prospective of the problems with uninsured patients. Sociology and psychology can benefit from each other because sociology explains the social aspect whereas psychology explains the behavior.

Updated 9/23/16

Monday, April 15, 2013

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

By Kimberly Swanson, MS-Psy, CNA

Health Psychology research demonstrates how disease effects a patient’s behavior. When a patient becomes ill, they may have some key behaviors that may assist doctors to properly diagnosing a medical condition.

Blending health and psychology enables medical professionals to bring about an effective solution to a problem. Finding solutions may require a wider scope to enabling a patients to overcome their illness.

When a person has a health problem, a practitioner may put into place a medical care plan for the patient. The psychologist's role is the following:

To develop life style plans and adjustments
To support groups and support systems in places,
Counseling to help assist the patient in overcoming their illness or being able to better manage with their overall health (e.g. though education, awareness, and training through managed care).

Updated 9/16/16

How to cite this article:

Swanson, K. (2016). What is post traumatic stress disorder? Psychology Essence (Messenger Publishing, Inc.). Retrieved from http://psychologyessence.blogspot.com/2013/04/heath-psychology-and-behaviorial.html

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Health Psychology and Research

Kimberly Swanson, PsyM, LPC

Psychology applies to health through research because it explains human behavior factors regarding possible causes, effects, and solutions. When AIDS was first discovered, no one knew what it was. The only thing known about the disease was that it was spreading and was becoming an epidemic during the 1980s. The study of human behavior and health helped pinpoint the exact source of how AIDS was being applied. This is an example of how psychological research identified the root causes for the spreading of the disease.

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