Psicologia della salute e genere: una relazione tormentata. Situazione attuale e possibili sviluppi

According to the different meanings attributed to the concept of sex and gender, it is emphasized that dealing with helth/disease in a gender perspective does not mean deal only with issues related to the female sex, but it involves all the bio-psycho-social dimensions that occur differently for men and women. The gender medicine, which is presented in the article, aims to develop research in order to obtain a more effective and appropriate therapeutic proposal, and to specify, for the two gender, bio-psycho-social factors underlying the different rates of mortality and morbidity. On these topics, health psychology could bring interesting contributions by expanding the research and the psychosocial reflection. In conclusion, the article considers that a transdisciplinary perspective is necessary to develop the knowledge on these issues and to guarantee policies favoring health and wellbeing.