Health and Rehabilitation Psychology

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of the underlying concepts and theories of health psychology with a foundational emphasis on intervention, treatment,and prevention strategies. Areas of emphasis include physical and mental illness, community health and prevention, as well as issues related to the rehabilitation process. Topics may include stress, pain management, substance use and abuse, psychoneuroimmunology, chronic and terminal disease, and behavioral strategies for intervention. Offered each spring and summer online and fall of odd years on ground.