05/02/2022
Overview of Health Psychology
Invited Talk
Health Psychology is one of the more recent fields in the subject of
psychology. It focuses on the the interaction between biological, social,
behavioural and psychological aspects of health and illness. Therefore it
can be said that health psychology focuses on the overall health of an
individual.
In the weekly activity conducted by Department of Psychology at GKV an
invited talk was organised. Professor Dr. Kaptan Singh Sengar was invited to
give a talk on “overview of health psychology”. Dr. Sengar is an Associate Professor in RINPAS, Ranchi, and has a vast experience as a professor, researcher and clinician of over 30 years.The activity was organised by Prof. Dr. Rakesh Jain, HOD, Department of
Psychology, GKV. It was attended by Ph.D scholars in person and online.
As the session began, there was a brief introduction of the guest faculty and of
the scholars present during the talk. The engaging session started by
introduction of health psychology and also a brief introduction to the concept
of psychoneuroimmunology. Sir further explained the alarming state of lifestyle
and related illnesses. Sir explained models of health psychology, objectives of
health psychology further discussed applications of health psychology.
After an hour of imbibing presentation, an open discussion was held where
applications and scope of health psychology in India was discussed and how
practitioners from all the fields are now more focused on holistic health.
A brief Question-Answer session was held there after where scholars asked
queries and gave in suggestions related to the discussion. Post this a vote of
thanks was proposed to Dr. Sengar for an enlightening session.
The successful session left us with more clarity on the theoretical framework and practical applications of health psychology and career options in the field.
Dated On: 18-12-2021
Report By- Sampada Vijayvargiya (PhD Scholar)
Uploaded By- Shrishty Manchanda(PhD Scholar)
