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Europe
- BPS Division of Health Psychology
- The website of this BPS Division serves as a professional resource for health psychologists, as an information source for those looking to find out more about health psychology as an academic subject and as a professional career, and as a reference point of contact in general.
- European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology
- The EA-OHP was established in 1999 as a pan-European representative body for the emerging field of occupational health psychology, defined as "the application of the principles and practices of applied psychology to occupational health issues: the study of psychological, social and organisational aspects of the dynamic relationship between work and health".
- European Health Psychology Society
- Formed in 1986, EHPS is a professional organisation formed to promote empirical and theoretical research in and applications of health psychology within Europe as well as the interchange of information related to heath psychology with other associations throughout the world towards an international achievement of these aims.
- Psychological Society of Ireland: Division of Health Psychology
- The Division's primary aims are to promote awareness of Health Psychology, to facilitate empirical research, to influence Health Service policy formation and to contribute to the education, training and career development of Health Psychologists in Ireland.
United States
- APA Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology
- Founded in 1946 to promote personal, educational, vocational, and group adjustment in a variety of settings, Division 17 brings together psychologists, students, and international and professional affiliates who are dedicated to promoting education and training, scientific investigation, practice, and diversity and public interest in professional psychology.
- APA Division 38: Health Psychology
- Established to facilitate collaboration among psychologists and other health science and health care professionals interested in the psychological and behavioral aspects of physical and mental health.
- American Psychosomatic Society
- Founded in 1942, the APS is a worldwide community of scholars and clinicians dedicated to the scientific understanding of the interaction of mind, brain, body and social context in promoting health and contributing to the pathogenesis, course and treatment of disease.
International
- Society of Behavioral Medicine
- The Society of Behavioral Medicine is a multidisciplinary organization of clinicians, educators, and scientists dedicated to promoting the study of the interactions of behavior with biology and the environment, and the application of that knowledge to improve the health and well being of individuals, families, communities and populations.
- International Society of Behavioral Medicine
- The International Society of Behavioral Medicine is a federation of national societies, whose goal is to serve the needs of all health-related disciplines concerned with issues relevant to behavioral medicine. Each national society includes both biomedical and behavioral scientists.
- International Association of Applied Psychology Division 8: Health Psychology
- The current President of this Division is Professor Esther Greenglass. The Division will next be meeting as part of the 27th IAAP Congress in Melbourne, Australia in July 2010.
- International Society of Critical Health Psychology
- The ISCHP aims to promote increased debate about critical ideas, qualitative and participatory research methods, and social, political and cultural issues within health psychology, to facilitate contact and collaboration between critical health psychologists, and to promote the development of resources and training opportunities in critical health psychology.
- Stress and Anxiety Research Society
- STAR is a multidisciplinary, international organization of researchers who share an interest in problems of stress, coping, and anxiety.
- World Health Organization
- WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. Since its creation in 1948, WHO has contributed to major accomplishments resulting in a healthier world.
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