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WEBRegular physical activity post stroke can reduce the risk of a stroke reoccurring, help with recovery and improve overall functioning, health, and wellbeing. …

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Social support and health behavior: How to move from well …

WEBSkilled support for health behavior change. When looking at research on social support and health behaviors, many studies report positive effects of support for …

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Using Health Psychology in your everyday practice

WEBHealth psychologists try to better understand how to best support individuals dealing with illness, while also examining the complex links between cognitions, coping, …

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Helping patients manage their condition: Illness representations …

WEBDoes it matter what we think about the disease? Even though our representations of the disease may not be medically accurate, yet they will determine …

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Planning theory- and evidence-based behavior change …

WEBBy Gerjo Kok, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; University of Texas at Houston, USA. A wide range of campaigns and interventions to improve public health …

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Harnessing your imagination: Using the power of mental imagery …

WEBPractical recommendations. Imagery is a relatively simple, low burden, and low cost method to promote motivation and self-efficacy for health behaviour change.

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Self-efficacy: The “can-do” belief that lets people change their

WEBThe most common way is to ask individuals to endorse certain statements. A suggested rule for the behavior-specific assessment of self-efficacy is: “I am confident …

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Make or break: the importance of breaks in healthcare

WEBIn short, breaks are an essential part of the working day for healthcare (and other!) workers. Practical Recommendations. Prioritise breaks – spending long periods …

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About this blog – Practical Health Psychology

WEBAbout this blog. Hello, and welcome to Practical Health Psychology. This is a blog about cutting edge Health Psychology and how to apply it in practice. Our aim is to translate …

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FREE E-book – Practical Health Psychology

WEBThis free e-book, Practical Health Psychology Volume 1, contains all posts published by the blog since its inception through the end of 2020. We hope that it will make the contents …

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How to maintain health behaviours long term

WEBStay motivated – easier said than done. Ask your patient why they want to change and maintain new health behaviour, mention previous success or other people …

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Positive psychology interventions at work

WEBCognitive strategies such as practicing optimistic thinking and appreciating positive experiences at work can help employees to create positive emotions and to feel …

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Motivation and the first steps toward physical activity

WEBThe first group consisted of self-regulation techniques. In our analyses, self-regulation techniques (i.e., self-monitoring of physical activity levels, getting feedback on …

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Telling stories about caring for others

WEBNarrative health psychology aims to understand people’s lived experiences and meanings within their everyday contexts through storytelling, especially for making …

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EHPS Practical Health Psychology Blog is looking for New Head …

WEBEmail us ([email protected]) with your proposed strategy for sourcing new blog posts (not more than 300 words).This could include a list of …

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Helping pregnant women quit smoking: sharing best practice from …

WEBPractical recommendations. Provide women who smoke in pregnancy with information about the risks of smoking for them and their baby and offer all women, …

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The importance of assessing clients’ coping strategies

WEBPractical recommendations. Always assess clients’ coping strategies next to their psychopathology. This may provide important information for the focus of therapy. …

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Psychologia zdrowia w codziennej praktyce

WEBPsychologia zdrowia to młoda, dynamiczna i szybko rozwijająca się dyscyplina psychologii. Psychologowie zdrowia skupiają się na zastosowaniu teorii i badań psychologicznych …

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Se la medicina è un gioco di squadra, anche i pazienti dovrebbero

WEBFase 1: Blackout.In questa fase i pazienti sperimentano sentimenti di vulnerabilità psicologica legati a un evento critico, solitamente una diagnosi. Gli …

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