Health Psychology

Topic

Introduction

The patient-practitioner relationship: Interpersonal skills,

diagnosis and style.

Using and misusing health services.

Adherence to medical advice: Why patients do not adhere.

Measuring adherence.

improving adherence

Pain: types, theories and

measurement

Managing and controlling pain.

Stress: Causes.

Measures and

management of stress.

Substance use and abuse:

defining and

theories

Preventing and quitting substance abuse.

Health Promotion: Methods

Health promotion in schools, worksites and communities and

of a specific problem

Lifestyles and health behaviour: determinants of health-enhancing behaviours,

health belief models.

Developmental, cultural and gender differences in health behaviours.

Health and safety: definitions, causes and factors affecting accidents.

Personality and accident proneness,

Reducing accidents and promoting safety behaviours

Revision

PowerPoints

Homework questions

Recent papers

Guardian articles