International Conference on Health Psychology, Stress and Coping ICHPSC on January 25-26, 2026 in Paris, France

Health psychology
Origins and development
Understanding behavioral and contextual factors
Preventing illness
The effects of disease
Critical analysis of health policy
Applications
Improving doctor–patient communication
Improving adherence to medical advice
Ways of measuring adherence
Managing pain
Health psychologist roles
The biopsychosocial model versus the biomedical model
Advantages of the biopsychosocial model
Clinical implications of the biopsychosocial model
Health behavior and primary prevention
The modification of health behaviors
Health-enhancing behaviors
Health-compromising behaviors
Stress and coping
Moderators of the stress experience
Patient-practitioner interaction
Management of chronic and terminal illness
Pain and its management
Psychological issues in advancing and terminal illness
Psychoimmunology, aids, cancer and arthritis
Heart disease, hypertension, stroke and diabetes
Challenges for the future