What is Health Psychology, in particular the subdivision of the American Psychological Association (APA Division 38), dedicated to?
What will be an ideal response?
1 . Advancing the contributions of psychology to the understanding of health and illness through basic and clinical research.2 . Encouraging the integration of biomedical information about health and illness with current psychological knowledge.3 . Promoting education and services in the psychology of health and illness.4 . Informing the psychological and biomedical community and the general public about the results of current research and service activities in this area (APA, 2001).
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