Question

Is health psychology an applied field? That is, is the utility of health psychology only in creating interventions?

Answer 1

Health psychology deals with the psychological and behavioral processes related to the health, ailments and healthcare. The health psychology creates different interventions for dealing with different illness, maintaining healthcare and with regard to the personal health of the individuals, thus, it is an applied field. But, to develop these interventions health psychology needs a strong theoretical knowledge and base, which it has. Hence, health psychology is a theoretical field also. Thus, it can be said that the interventions or the applied field of health psychology is based on strong theoretical foundations of it. Hence, health psychology has both theoretical and applied field.