Health psychology

Health psychology

His appearance


The emergence of this specialty was made in the United States. In 1979 the American Psychological Association (APA) established a health psychology section. The first European conference on health psychology will take place in 1986.

In France, the French Association of Health Psychology was created in 2002. Marilou Bruchon-Schweitzer, who was its president when it was created, is at the origin of the first health psychology works on our territory.

The book Introduction à la Psychologie de la Santé, published by PUF in 1994, marks the beginning of a series of publications in this field in France.
Since then, several specialized masters have emerged. I myself come from that of the University of Rennes 2, whose manager was Alain Cerclé, author of numerous books and researches.