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Redefining health psychology: From pathogenesis to the science of human flourishing
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1 Department of Nursing, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, Zhejiang , China
2 International Digital Empowerment & Artificial Intelligence Lab for Health (IDEA Lab), Yiwu, Zhejiang , China
3 National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing , China
4 Beijing Key Laboratory of Innovative Intervention Techniques and Translational Research for Mental Disorders Rehabilitation, Peking University, Beijing , China
5 School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing , China
Received: 22 June 2026 | Revised: 2 July 2026 | Accepted: 3 July 2026 | Published online: 13 July 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Funding
This study was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 82471550), the National Programs for Brain Science and Brain-like Intelligence Technology of China (STI2030-Major Projects, 2021ZD0200800), and National Key Research and Development Program of China (2024YFC2707801).
Conflict of interest
Both Yanping Bao and Yibo Wu serve on the editorial board of this journal as Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editor-in-Chief, respectively. They were not involved in the peer review or editorial decision-making process for this manuscript.
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