What is the difference between clinical psychology and health psychology?

Clinical psychology is a general term, usualy used to mark the difference between research in psychology and practice, clinical psychology. It doesn't strictly mean that the practice takes place in a clinic.

Health psychology is a more precice topic: it's the psychology of individuals in the health system. For example, a very dynamic topic in health psychology is the stydu of psychological difficulties in oncology patients during treatment. Depression, sleep disorders, anxiety... all are frequently observed in patients being treated for cancer.

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