PS 350 - Psychology of Health and Illness

Theory and research on the psychological aspects of physical health and illness will be examined. The interrelationships between behavior, emotion, stress, lifestyle, and illness including psychological factors and interventions for prevention, in disorders such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, headache, asthma, and immune system dysfunction will be discussed. Students will complete a “health genealogy” project in which he/she will gather information on lifestyle risk factors and disease mortality and morbidity of family members to improve his/her own quality of life (physical and psychological).

Prerequisites: PS 215

Credits: 4 cr.