Building collaboration between behavioural research and practice to improve health
By Katherine Brown, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom The content of this blog post is in part drawn from my experiences working […]
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Lost (and found) in translation: Effective communication with patients
By Zuzana Dankulincova, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovakia While most researchers are aware that disseminating study results is part of their ethical […]
Make or break: the importance of breaks in healthcare
By Julia Allan, Aberdeen University, Scotland Modern life is hectic. We live in an increasingly ‘switched on’ digital world where periods of […]
Linking the Elephant to the Rider: The Role of Motivation
By António Labisa Palmeira, CIDEFES – Universidade Lusófona, Portugal; ISBNPA Executive Director Long-term motivation for health-related behaviors can come from different sources. […]
Your intervention, your way! Short appraisal interventions
by Katarzyna Cantarero, SWPS University, Poland Subjective well-being is a function of what we were born with, situations that pop up in […]
Carrying counseling outside the clinic: The promising potential of mobile technology
Egon Dejonckheere & Peter Kuppens, KU Leuven, Belgium. Many forms of counseling and psychotherapy still predominantly take place within the therapy room. […]
Helping patients manage their condition: Illness representations matter
By Yael Benyamini, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Evangelos C. Karademas, University of Crete, Greece Anna and Mary are both healthy 45-year-old […]
How new insights into stress can help calm the worried mind
Bart Verkuil, Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands and PEP Group, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. “What if I get infected and […]
If medicine is a team game, patients should play too: a psychological perspective on patient engagement
By G. Graffigna, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Healthcare professionals along the whole care journey must collaborate and coordinate their […]
How to support patients to lose weight and better manage their type 2 diabetes
By Leah Avery, Teesside University, UK. Type 2 diabetes was previously considered a progressive condition, with an inevitable need for insulin therapy, […]
