PSY 3306 Psychosocial Aspects of Health

3 units
Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Review of the applications of psychology to the health domain with respect to commonly used theoretical models, methods, research findings and evidence-based intervention. Notions of epidemiology, etiology, intervention and prevention are covered within a biopsychosocial model of mental and physical health. Illustrations will be illness-based (cancer, diabetes, etc) and risk-factor based (obesity, poverty, etc). Current research in psychosocial aspects of health.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: 54 university units including PSY 1101 , PSY 1102 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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