Deepak Pandey* Postdoctoral fellow-ICSSR, Pt. Often considered the father of psychology, Wundt was the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist and wrote the first textbook on psychology, entitled Principles of Physiological Psychology. Its mission is to advance the science and practice of evidence-based health psychology and behavioral medicine. The field of health psychology developed. Psychoneuroimmunology: An emerging field of health psychology. Health psychology encompasses a wide range of issues — from chronic pain to terminal illness — with the goals of helping people improve their quality of life and addressing specific health issues. asked Feb 3 in Psychology by MagicMike. C) to try to find cures for infectious diseases that caused deaths. Health Psychology ® is the official scientific journal of the Society for Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association). The field of health psychology is necessary because it promotes the learning of how both mind and body influence each other. These definitions focus on subjective health beliefs since they include any behaviors performed by a person in order to protect, promote, or maintain his or her health, whether or not such behaviors are objectively effective towards that end. Psychology as a self-conscious field of experimental study began in 1879, when German scientist Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research in Leipzig. However, the predominant focus in psychology up until recently has been on mental rather than physical health. Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University Chhattisgarh, India Accepted on February 26, 2018 Short commentary Human body is the biggest and most complicated asset on the earth. By this I mean, that both the mind and body have an impact on each other, both in beneficial and detrimental ways. In the field of health psychology, health behaviors are most often defined as behaviors that people engage in to maintain or improve their current health. Since its inception, the discipline of psychology has been concerned with aspects of health. For example, a number of early figures in the field of psychology–e.g., Helmholtz, James, Wundt–were initially trained in medicine. Field theory, in psychology, conceptual model of human behaviour developed by German American psychologist Kurt Lewin, who was closely allied with the Gestalt psychologists. In the years after World War II, a small, […] A) to increase life expectancy, which was much shorter then. It is so, because human is regarded as the sophisticated B) to address challenges in medical care, which was changing. The emerging field of psychoneuroimmunology may serve as a platform for the multidisciplinary collaborations among psychology, immunology and neurobiology. Individual differences and patterns of personalities, coping styles, emotionality, as well as cognitive and behavioral responses have significant roles in immune-associated conditions and diseases [ 1 ].