Unit Code: HPM705

Unit Name: Applied Health Psychology

Description: HPM705 will begin with a revisit of the Biopsychosocial model to health. The course will examine the various research methods in health psychology; the predictors of health behaviors’ and changing health beliefs and behaviors’ at the inter and intra personal levels, psychoneuroimmunology, working with survivors of trauma using communications-behaviour change model, motivational interviewing and solution focused therapy, and lastly, an exploration of professional issues related to ethical practice.

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Prerequisite: HPM501

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2