Biopsychosocial factors chart

The biopsychosocial factors of health and disease are made up of the sum of 
- Biological Factors
- Psychological Factors
- Sociological Factors 


Biopsychosocial Factors of Health & Disease

The biopsychosocial model of health includes psychological and social factors in addition to biological when studying health and disease.

Important and/or general concepts relevant to the field of Health Psychology
-	Biopsychosocial Health Model 
-	Health Behaviors


Different ways of defining health and its components include
-	Biomedical Model of Health
-	Biopsychosocial Model of Health


Brannon, L, Updegraff, J. A., & Feist, J (2018). Health psychology: An introduction to behavior and health. (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Behaviors an individual performs to maintain or improve their health.

The biomedical model of health considers health explicitly as only the absence of disease and/or illness. 