Presentation In 1994, psychologists belonging to different organizations, and with a common interest in Health Psychology, planned the “1st National Congress on Health Psychology” which took place in Lisbon. This group created, at the end of 1995, the Portuguese Health Psychology Society (Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde or SPPS) joining psychologists and other professionals interested in the field of Health Psychology, arising from different professional organizations. The SPPS is a scientific society, engaged only in scientific activities and not a professional organisation. The 13 founding members arising from universities and professional fields (about half and half) are the following (alphabetic order of the last name): Cecília Galvão de Azevedo – Clinical Psychologist - Hospital Dª. Estefânia - Lisboa Lília Brito - Clinical Psychologist - Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa - Lisboa Maria de Jesus Correia - Clinical Psychologist - Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa - Lisboa Maria do Rosário Dias - (Psychologist) Professor of the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde - Lisboa Conceição Faria - Clinical Psychologist - Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa - Lisboa Manuel Geada - (Psychologist) Professor - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Lisboa João Justo - (Psychologist) Professor - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Lisboa Isabel Leal - (Psychologist) Professor - Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada - Lisboa e Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa - Lisboa Teresa McIntyre - (Psychologist) Professor - Instituto de Educação e de Psicologia da Universidade do Minho - Braga José Luís Pais Ribeiro - (Psychologist) Professor - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto Eduardo Sá - (Psychologist) - Professor - Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra José Carvalho Teixeira - (Psychiatrist) Professor - Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada - Lisboa Isabel Trindade - Clinical Psychologist - Centro de Saúde da Parede - Parede Identification The SPPS uses the name – Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde- or the acronym - SPPS – as both are registered names. Members of SPPS use the following identity card.