Response To Kendra Cherry's 'Everything Psychology Book'

According to Kendra Cherry who is the author of “Everything Psychology Book” (2nd Edition) Health psychology is a specialty area that focuses on how biology, psychology, behavior and social factors influence health and illness, So the statement “Health Psychology is merely theoretical and classroom oriented rather than applied to real world settings and problems” I strongly disagree due to the fact that health psychology focuses on a wide scope of health problems like understanding how psychological, behavioral and cultural factors are involved in physical health and illness, these factors are being applied in real world settings to fix problems daily. Health psychology can be broken down into Clinical health psychology, Public health psychology, …show more content…
Clinical psychologists often work in hospitals, private practice or academic settings. Michele Strudwick-Alexander, MA, Msc , Associate Clinical Psychologist and is a popular Jamaican health psychologist who blends cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) with a psychodynamic orientation - helping clients to move forward in their lives using practical solutions whilst also developing an understanding of underlying issues that contribute to their struggles. A popular American health psychologist is Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust is a board certified Clinical Health Psychologist who holds a doctoral degree in psychology from KSU and earned a Diplomate from the American Board of Professional Psychology writes books on depression, heart disease and wellness. A Clinical health psychologist will work directly with people who are suffering the effects of a disease or illness. The focus will be on helping a person to deal with both the illness itself as well as dealing with how the disease or illness has affected a person's life. A clinical health psychologist can work with people suffering from either an acute …show more content…
Public health psychology can also be seen as a fusion of three elements they are consideration of the relevance of psychological processes to important public health issues, the use of some of the methodological strengths of epidemiology and the providing evidence on for the effectiveness of psychological interventions on a public health scale. Intervention in public health psychology is targeted to population groups like single pregnant women who smoke and uneducated individuals that are at risk to bad health. Public health psychology can be applied in teaching doctors on how to communicate effectively with patients, and understanding why some sectors of society have so much better health than others. Public health psychologists present research results to policy makers, educators, and health care providers in order to promote better public