Programme – Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) Credit Based Choice System (CBCS)
General Applied Component at S.Y.B.A. Option A - Health Psychology
**Note : This Syllabus has been implemented from the Academic year 2017-2018. In previous years the assignments carried 40 Marks. Question Paper carried 60 Marks of the total 100 Marks (40+60=100). But effective from year 2017, the entire question paper will be of 100 Marks.
Objectives of the course : -
1. To impart knowledge of the basic concepts and modern trends in Health Psychology
2. To foster interest in Health Psychology as a field of study and research
3. To make the students aware of the practical applications of the various concepts in Health Psychology in the Indian context
Course Code: UAHP3A1
Course Title: Health Psychology: Part I
Credits 2, Marks 100
Semester III - Health Psychology Part I
Unit 1. What Is Health Psychology and its Challenges for the Future
a) Definition of health psychology, the mind-body relationship, the biopsychosocial model in health psychology, the need for health psychology, what is health psychology training for?
b) Health Promotion, Stress and its management, health services, Management of serious illness, Trends in health and health psychology, becoming a health psychologist
Unit 2. Health Behaviours
a) Health promotion - an overview, an introduction to health behaviours, changing health habits, cognitive-behavioural approaches to health behaviour change, the transtheoretical model of behaviour change
b) Changing health behaviors through social engineering, venues for health-habit modification
Unit 3. Stress
a) What is stress, theoretical contributions to the study of stress
b) What makes events stressful, how stress has been studied, sources of chronic stress
Unit 4. The Management of Pain and Discomfort
a) The significance of pain, elusive nature of pain, clinical issues in pain management, pain control techniques
b) Management of chronic pain – pain management programs, placebo as healer
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Course Code: UAHP4A1
Course Title: Health Psychology: Part II
Credits 2, Marks 100
Semester IV - Health Psychology Part II
Unit 1. Management of Chronic Illness
a) Quality of life, emotional responses to chronic illness, personal issues in chronic disease,
b) Coping with chronic illness, co-management of chronic illness, Psychological interventions and chronic illness
Unit 2.Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness
a) Death across the life span, psychological issues in advancing illness; are there stages in adjustment to dying?
b) Psychological management of the terminally ill, alternatives to hospital care for the terminally ill, problems of survivors
Unit 3. Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke and Type II Diabetes
a) Coronary heart disease, Hypertension
b) Stroke, Type II Diabetes 6
Unit 4. Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Cancer and Arthritis
a) Psychoneuroimmunology, HIV infection and AIDS
b) Cancer, Arthritis, Type I Diabetes.
Book for Study -
Taylor, Shelley E. (2012). Health Psychology (8th Ed ). McGraw
Hill Higher Education. International Edition
Books for reference
1) Abascal, J. R., Brucato, D., Brucato, L., & Chauhan, D. (2001). Stress Mastery: The Art of
Coping Gracefully. Indian subcontinent adaptation 2012, New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
2) Bam, B. P. (2008). Winning Habits: Techniques for Excellence in Sports. New Delhi: Pearson Power, Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
3) Brannon, L. & Feist, J. (2007). Introduction to Health Psychology. New Delhi: Wadsworth Thomson Learning. First Indian reprint 2007
4) Dimatteo, M. R. & Martin, L. R. (2002). Health Psychology. Pearson Education; Indian reprint 2007
5) Greenberg, J. S. (2013). Comprehensive Stress Management. (13th ed). New York: McGraw Hill publications
6) Hariharan, M., & Rath, R. (2008). Coping with Life Stress: The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Sage publications India pvt ltd
7) Khatoon, N. (2012). Health Psychology. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
8) Marks, D. F., Murray M., Evans, B., Willig C., Woodall, C., & Sykes, C. M. (2005). Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. (2nd ed.), New Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, Sage South Asia edition 2008
9) Ogden, J. (2007). Health Psychology: A Textbook. (4th ed.), Open University Press, McGraw Hill
10) Wilson, E. (2007). Stress Proof Your Life: 52 Brilliant Ideas for Taking Control. New Delhi: Pearson Power
General Applied Component at S.Y.B.A. Option A - Health Psychology
**Note : This Syllabus has been implemented from the Academic year 2017-2018. In previous years the assignments carried 40 Marks. Question Paper carried 60 Marks of the total 100 Marks (40+60=100). But effective from year 2017, the entire question paper will be of 100 Marks.
Objectives of the course : -
1. To impart knowledge of the basic concepts and modern trends in Health Psychology
2. To foster interest in Health Psychology as a field of study and research
3. To make the students aware of the practical applications of the various concepts in Health Psychology in the Indian context
Course Code: UAHP3A1
Course Title: Health Psychology: Part I
Credits 2, Marks 100
Semester III - Health Psychology Part I
Unit 1. What Is Health Psychology and its Challenges for the Future
a) Definition of health psychology, the mind-body relationship, the biopsychosocial model in health psychology, the need for health psychology, what is health psychology training for?
b) Health Promotion, Stress and its management, health services, Management of serious illness, Trends in health and health psychology, becoming a health psychologist
Unit 2. Health Behaviours
a) Health promotion - an overview, an introduction to health behaviours, changing health habits, cognitive-behavioural approaches to health behaviour change, the transtheoretical model of behaviour change
b) Changing health behaviors through social engineering, venues for health-habit modification
Unit 3. Stress
a) What is stress, theoretical contributions to the study of stress
b) What makes events stressful, how stress has been studied, sources of chronic stress
Unit 4. The Management of Pain and Discomfort
a) The significance of pain, elusive nature of pain, clinical issues in pain management, pain control techniques
b) Management of chronic pain – pain management programs, placebo as healer
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Course Code: UAHP4A1
Course Title: Health Psychology: Part II
Credits 2, Marks 100
Unit 1. Management of Chronic Illness
a) Quality of life, emotional responses to chronic illness, personal issues in chronic disease,
b) Coping with chronic illness, co-management of chronic illness, Psychological interventions and chronic illness
Unit 2.Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness
a) Death across the life span, psychological issues in advancing illness; are there stages in adjustment to dying?
b) Psychological management of the terminally ill, alternatives to hospital care for the terminally ill, problems of survivors
Unit 3. Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke and Type II Diabetes
a) Coronary heart disease, Hypertension
b) Stroke, Type II Diabetes 6
Unit 4. Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Cancer and Arthritis
a) Psychoneuroimmunology, HIV infection and AIDS
b) Cancer, Arthritis, Type I Diabetes.
Book for Study -
Taylor, Shelley E. (2012). Health Psychology (8th Ed ). McGraw
Hill Higher Education. International Edition
Books for reference
1) Abascal, J. R., Brucato, D., Brucato, L., & Chauhan, D. (2001). Stress Mastery: The Art of
Coping Gracefully. Indian subcontinent adaptation 2012, New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
2) Bam, B. P. (2008). Winning Habits: Techniques for Excellence in Sports. New Delhi: Pearson Power, Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
3) Brannon, L. & Feist, J. (2007). Introduction to Health Psychology. New Delhi: Wadsworth Thomson Learning. First Indian reprint 2007
4) Dimatteo, M. R. & Martin, L. R. (2002). Health Psychology. Pearson Education; Indian reprint 2007
5) Greenberg, J. S. (2013). Comprehensive Stress Management. (13th ed). New York: McGraw Hill publications
6) Hariharan, M., & Rath, R. (2008). Coping with Life Stress: The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Sage publications India pvt ltd
7) Khatoon, N. (2012). Health Psychology. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley India pvt ltd
8) Marks, D. F., Murray M., Evans, B., Willig C., Woodall, C., & Sykes, C. M. (2005). Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. (2nd ed.), New Delhi, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, Sage South Asia edition 2008
9) Ogden, J. (2007). Health Psychology: A Textbook. (4th ed.), Open University Press, McGraw Hill
10) Wilson, E. (2007). Stress Proof Your Life: 52 Brilliant Ideas for Taking Control. New Delhi: Pearson Power
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