Health Psychology

General

• Code: 278-190107
• Semester: 1st
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: General Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Theory (2)
• ECTS Units: 2
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/index.php?categoryid=196
• Instructors: Bellali Thaleia
• Class Schedule:
  • Mon 14:00 - 16:00: Αμφιθέατρο Οικονόμου

Course Contents

• Basic principles and knowledge of Psychology.
• Introduction to health psychology: Holistic approach of health-Biopsychosocial model of health.
• Personality and psychological theories (psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and systemic approach). Critical review of theoretical approaches and therapeutic interventions for children/adolescents and adults.
• Psychosomatic illness and stress. Psychological reactions of the patient.
• Management of pain as a biopsychosocial approach.
• Communication between patients and health professionals in the hospital: Adherence to medical-nursing guidelines.
• Chronic diseases and psychological interventions (diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular problems, etc.).
• Patients with cancer: Quality of life during at all stages of the disease.
• Loss – Grief and Mourning.
• Ηealth professionals grief: empowerment and self-care.

Educational Goals

The aim of the module is to raise students’ awareness of health as a multifactorial phenomenon, as well as of illness through its psychosocial dimensions. Teaching of various chronic diseases will be carried out through psychological theories that explain behavioral patterns and link mental states to the functions of body physiology, with particular emphasis on the influence of stress on the development of psychosomatic diseases.

General Skills

• Adapting to new situations.
• Decision-making.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Project planning and management.
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism.
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues.
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment.

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Presentation of the lesson with powerpoint.
• Communication with students by e-mail.
• Support of the learning process through the electronic platform moodle.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Written exams.