A central concept behind the field of health psychology is that
A) psychologists should treat the body before they treat the mind.
B) certain behaviors and psychological traits can have an effect on your health.
C) mental health problems are the result of untreated physical ailments.
D) psychologists should treat patients in the same way physicians treat physical disease.
Answer: B
Rationale: Health psychology (or behavioral medicine) is the study of how individual, biological, and environmental factors affect physical health. This field deals with the behaviors and personality traits that put people at risk and that, when combined with an unfortunate genetic heritage or infection, lead to disease.
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