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8-2 Short Paper Future Directions of Health Psycho

Explores the future of health psychology through comprehensive intervention models like hospice and rehab, emphasizing affordability, stress reduction, and holistic patient care.

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    8-2. Short Paper: Future Directions of Health Psychology The comprehensive intervention model is a medical field trend affecting health psychology (Staton & Taylor, 2021). Some comprehensive intervention models could include hospice, pain management programs and rehab for coronary heart disease. In hospice, palliative management and psychotherapeutic technologies are created for patients at the end-of-life stage in their life. In many pain management programs, all treatment options are brought together to develop regimens based on the patients as individuals. The rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease could either be done in a coordinated residential or an outpatient program, which aid in a multitude of health habits. Although comprehensive intervention models are considered to be beneficial, they could also end up being financially hindering. For comprehensive intervention models to still be utilized in the definition of high-quality health care, attention needs to be given to the programs financially as well as keeping in mind of how effective the treatments are for patients. Based on what I have personally learned during this course, I have reason to believe that comprehensive intervention models could be appropriate as treatments for a multitude of illnesses. That is if they could keep the financial side of these treatments at a low. Placing these programs in a more affordable range for individuals could become very beneficial to all patients. The higher financial costs of comprehensive intervention models have created a push effect in health psychology, which forces research on alternative ways for individuals to stay away from the health system altogether. Evidence-based medications have proven to become more beneficial in the reduction of needs for health care systems by individuals. We have learned how the body and mind are connected during this course, so by reducing financial costs for the interventions would aid in reducing stress for patients. Reducing the patient's stress and teaching them ways to cope could aid their overall health. Reducing the rate of mental illnesses would aid in reducing the need to utilize health care services. Searching for better cost-effective strategies in order to keep these programs afloat could aid individuals to reduce their need for additional healthcare services. REFERENCES: Staton, A. L. & Taylor, S. E. (2021). Health Psychology, 11 th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education. https://prod.reader-ui.prod.mhediication.com/epiib/sn_0aa65/data- uuid-604blf0539ea44bla48395f8ee39d224

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