309522 (v.1) Psychology 723 - Social and Behavioural Health

Area:	School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Seminar:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	OR 187204 (v.6) Master of Psychology or any previous version
Syllabus:	Fosters an understanding of both clinical health problems and health promotion in health psychology. Content offers an overview of health psychology, health promotion and prevention and review of specific clinical health problems such as the assessment and treatment of pain and sexual dysfunction. Theoretical perspectives of health psychology such as those involved with health promotion, social beliefs and prevention are integrated with practical applications such as cardiovascular disorders and cross-cultural and Indigenous issues.
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Field of Education:	090701 Psychology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External