Health Psychology is an expanding discipline. Its attention is on implementing psychological methods and models for the understanding of behavior which is related to illness, health and well-being.

The understanding behavior related to illness and health involves the exploration of how biological, sociocultural and psychological factors influence illness and health.

Current issues in Health Psychology:

• Weight management
• Stress management
• Smoking cessation
• Chronic illness
• Sleep problems (e.g. sleep disturbance, insomnia)
• Reduction of unhealthy behaviors