Psychology In Healthcare
Discover the vital importance of psychology in healthcare for patients and practitioners, including how positive awareness of psychology can improve diagnosis.
Who is the course for?
This course would be valuable for psychology students looking for an introduction to health psychology, as well as policymakers interested in improving healthcare at the state level. Patients or carers themselves could also find it beneficial to study psychological reactions to physical illness.
What topics will you cover?
What is health?
Healthy and risky behaviours: how to improve healthy behaviours and how to discourage risky behaviours
Symptoms perception and attribution
Illness perception
coping with illness
Illness burden for patients and caregivers
Health psychology in emerging countries
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Explore the broad domain of health psychology, ranging from policymaking to psychological reaction to illness
Develop the skills needed in coping with medical illness from a psychological point of view
Reflect on how to break negative news to patients
Collaborate with others in building effective health interventions
Identify the main techniques for stress management in medical illness
Explore specific aspects of health psychology including e-health and health psychology in emerging countries
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