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For centuries, health professionals have recognized that there are psychological consequences of disease. A diagnosis of cancer or diabetes can make people anxious or depressed. This course will draw on health psychology, public health, and community psychology to emphasize how psychology can also contribute to the cause, development, experience, and outcome of any physical illness. This course will highlight the many roles that psychology plays in physical illness from 1) being well and staying well and the role of healthy behaviors and behavior change; 2) getting sick with a focus on pathological beliefs, awareness of symptoms, seeking help and communicating with health professionals; 3) Illness in terms of stress, pain, and chronic diseases such as obesity, coronary heart disease and cancer. 4) the role of gender in health, and 5) health outcomes in terms of quality of life and longevity. Learning objectives and outcomes By the end of this course students will be able to: 1. Describe the main theoretical frameworks underlying the psychological approach to physical health 2. Understand the role of healthy behaviors in explaining health 3. Describe the psychological factors involved in initiating, maintaining, and changing healthy behavior 4. Describe the role of illness beliefs and symptom perception in seeking help and counseling 5. Describe the psychological factors involved in the stress/illness association and pain perception and treatment 6. Describe the ways in which healthy behaviors, beliefs about illness, perception of symptoms, stress, and pain are key factors in the development of chronic diseases 7. Describe how health varies by gender 8. Understand the importance of mental health outcomes including quality of life and health status
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