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    Health Assignment 2

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    The document discusses the role of health psychologists during pandemics. It explains how health psychologists provide guidance to manage mental health issues and help shape behaviors, cognitions, and beliefs regarding physical health and well-being during times of crisis and uncertainty like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    The document discusses the role of health psychologists during pandemics. It explains how health psychologists provide guidance to manage mental health issues and help shape behaviors, cognitions, and beliefs regarding physical health and well-being during times of crisis and uncertainty like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    The document discusses the role of health psychologists during pandemics. It explains how health psychologists provide guidance to manage mental health issues and help shape behaviors, cognitions, and beliefs regarding physical health and well-being during times of crisis and uncertainty like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Department of Humanities

    Positive Psychology
    Assignment 2
    Semester 8
    Submitted to:
    Miss Farzana Ashraf
    Submitted by:
    Tasneem Rutaba
    Reg. no: FA18-BPY-011

    COMSATS University Islamabad,Lahore Campus.


    Topic: Role of health psychologist during pandemics
    Introduction
    As we know that the job of health psychologist is concerned with the behavioral patterns,
    healthcare routine, to evaluate social and cultural impacts during the sickness and the health. The
    health psychologist provides proper guidance and awareness to people regarding their physical
    and mental health. They provide a proper guideline to people, which they can follow to get better
    from an illness and to improve their general health conditions to move forwards towards
    wellbeing. They deal with beliefs, cognitions, and behaviors of people to modify them in a
    certain way which can lead them towards a good health and wellbeing.
    The Global Pandemic
    The pandemic of COVID 19 has been a great challenge to people physically, mentally,
    socially, and economically. People were occupied by the chaos and confusions regarding the
    transmission of the virus, its precautions, and treatments. Initially people feared contacting the
    virus, its severity and rate of transmission and shifted their healthcare behaviors according to the
    perception made. Many false remedies and ideas were being shared over social media which
    made people more confused and scared. They were also subjected to many false practices due to
    such rumors. Later, same behavior was seen regarding having the vaccine of the virus. The belief
    system and perception of people seemed to play a great role in the health choices and decisions
    of the people.
    The image above shows the relation between the behavioral, social, and healthcare
    changes and the mental health of the people in the COVID period. Health psychologist are their
    to provide their services to manage these mental health issues, and to guide people to have a
    improved mental and physical health.
    Role of a health Psychologist in pandemic
    In addition to the role of medics and paramedics, a health psychologist has a prominent role to
    play in this pandemic to contribute to the physical and mental healthcare of people. Some of the
    points describing it are as follow.
     Primary role is to spread awareness regarding true model of the disease. How to take
    precautions, how to take healthcare measures and what to do to reduce chances of getting
    a disease.
     To guide people who got indicted with disease, that what measure they can do to speed
    their recovery, to boost up their physical and psychological immunity, guide upon taking
    proper medications prescribed by a healthcare practitioner.
     Another important responsibility is to guide people to stop following to irrelevant
    sources, and rumors regarding covid, follow the direction of professionals and relevant
    sources only.
     Help to build resilience in people who have lost beloved ones due to the disease.
     Guide people about the importance of psychological immunity to fight against the disease
    and help them to build a positive approach in them.
     Provide guidance to people to manage their fear and anxiety related the disease,
    challenge and modify their false perception and beliefs made towards disease.
     Guide people about personal hygiene, health promoting behaviors like exercise, walk
    yoga, healthy eating, and their benefits in increasing immunity.
     Another important role is to help people to adapt through the social and economical
    changes and to face challenges caused by these factors.
     Give people ideas and tips about how to engage themselves in healthy and useful
    activities during the lockdown, which can help to improve their mental health and help
    them to channel their energy in a constrictive way.

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