6491 (v.3) Psychology 623

Area:

School of Psychology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

Seminar:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Designed to foster an understanding of both clinical health problems and health promotion. It will start with an overview of health psychology, health promotion and prevention and subsequent lectures will cover specific clinical health problems such as the assessment and treatment of pain and sexual dysfunction.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate - An understanding of the psychological factors affecting health and illness. An understanding of appropriate assessment and interventions for clinical health problems. An understanding of the theoretical basis and applications of health promotion, prevention and cross-cultural and indigenous issues in health psychology.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Bakshi L., Rooney R., and O'Neil K., (1999), Reducing Stigma about Mental Illness in Transcultural Settings - A Guide, Melbourne, Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network. Booth M.L. and Sandall O., (1997), Health-Promoting Schools in Australia - Models and Measurement, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21, 365-370. Dudgeon P., Garvey D. and Pickett H., (2000), Working with Indigenous Australians, Perth, Gunada Press. Durlak J.A., (2000), Health Promotion as a Strategy in Primary Prevention. In D.Cichetti, J. Rappaport., I. Sandler and R.P. Weissberg., (Eds.), The Promotion of Well-being in Children and Adolescents (pp. 221-241), Washington DC, CWLA Press. Eimer B.N. and Freeman A., (1998), Pain Management Psychotherapy, NY, John Wiley and Sons. Naidoo J. and Wills J., (2000), Health Promotion - Foundations for Practice, London, Balliere Tindall. NHMRC (1999), Postnatal Depression - A Systematic Review of Published Scientific Literature to 1999, Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia. Kaplan H.S., (1995), The Sexual Desire Disorders, Dysfunctional Regulation of Sexual Motivation, PA, Brunner/Mazel.

Unit Texts:

Baum F., (1998), The New Public Health - An Australian Perspective, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Brannon L. and Feist J., (1997), Health Psychology - An Introduction to Behaviour and Health, 3rd Ed., Pacific Grove, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. Sarafino E., (1998), Health Psychology - Biopsychosocial Interactions, NY, John Wiley and Sons. Taylor S.E., (1995), Health Psychology, 3rd Ed., NY, Mcgraw-Hill Inc.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Examination of videotaped session 33%, Write a self-help manual 33%, Take home exam 34%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y