On successful completion of this course students will:

1. Understand the important relationships between psychological factors and health;
2. Understand psychological strategies for intervening in a professional manner in health contexts;
3. Have the ability to define health, within a biopsychosocial framework;
4. Be able to describe some of the measures used to assess health and related issues;
5. Be able to identify some of the opportunities for psychologists to work within the health area;
6. Have the ability to identify some of the key models of health behaviour and behaviour change, and intervention approaches, underpinning the field of Health Psychology.

The course content covers four main areas of Health Psychology

1) Health Psychology in an epistemological framework.
2) How health problems impact on individuals' well being.
3) How changes in behaviour can have a positive influence on a person's quality of life.
4) Broad biopsychosocial influences on health, and interventions which address them.

Related Courses
PSYC3000, PSYC3001, PSYC3400 PSYC3501, PSYC3600, PSYC3700

PSYC3050

Not to count with PSYC3050.

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PSYC2000, PSYC2400, PSYC2500 (or PSYC2070, PSYC2800, and PSYC2500)

Internal Mode

Lecture
Laboratory

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Laboratory: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks