TOPIC OUTLINE AND COURSE SCHEDULE

PART ONE – INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Module 1 – What Is Health Psychology?

Module 2 – The Systems of the Body

PART TWO – HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND PRIMARY PREVENTION

Module 3 – Health Behaviors

Module 4 – Health-Promoting Behaviors

Module 5 – Health-Compromising Behaviors

PART THREE – STRESS AND COPING

Module 6 – Stress

Module 7 – Coping, Resilience, and Social Support

PART FOUR – SEEKING AND USING HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Module 8 – Using Health Services

Module 9 – Patients, Providers, and Treatments

Module 10 – The Management of Pain and Discomfort

PART FIVE -MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AND TERMINAL ILLNESS

Module 11 – Management of Chronic Illness

Week 12 – Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness

Module 13 – Psychoneuroimmunology and Immune-Related Disorders

PART SIX – THE FUTURE OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Module14 – Future of Health Psychology