Health Psychology

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

Health psychology is concerned with the study of psychological processes related to health, illness and healthcare. It provides a theoretical and practical health-focused approach to people's well-being and physical health. Health psychology studies cognitive-behavioral factors that influence different health conditions and maintenance of health. It addresses the issues of health promotion, prevention, health behavior, coping and social support. Health psychology deals with the adjustment processes and quality of life in chronic illnesses, hospitalization and medical care. Furthermore, health psychology emphasizes the importance of the health of healthcare providers, the prevention of burn out and other professional-related risks.

Lectures

Practices

Seminars

• 1. Factors affecting health behaviour - Tiringer István
• 2. Options for lifestyle change - Tiringer István
• 3. Changing eating habits - Hartung István
• 4. Sedentary lifestyle - options for change - Hartung István
• 5. Smoking, nicotine addiction - options for quitting - Gács Boróka
• 6. Stress, models for coping with stress - Gács Boróka
• 7. Obesity and the 'lifelong weight management programme - Tiringer István
• 8. Risk communication - Tiringer István
• 9. Cognitive stress management - practice - Birkás Béla
• 10. Stress management in practice - Birkás Béla
• 11. Conflict management and mental health - Gács Boróka
• 12. Health Psychology of Emotion Regulation I - Social Competence - Gács Boróka
• 13. Resilience and assertiveness - Exercise - Gács Boróka
• 14. Health Psychology of Emotion Regulation II - Self-Actualisation - Gács Boróka
• 15. The importance of work-life balance in medical practice - Birkás Béla
• 16. Burnout syndrome - prevention, treatment options - Birkás Béla
• 17. Effects of relaxation on health - Hartung István
• 18. Relaxation exercises - Hartung István
• 19. Hypnosis in medical practice - Hartung István
• 20. Suggestions and health - Hartung István
• 21. Health improvement programmes, quality of life - Birkás Béla
• 22. Trends in clinical health psychology - Birkás Béla
• 23. Summary - Tiringer István
• 24. Evaluation - Tiringer István

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

Presentations, handouts, additional materials available on Neptun.

Notes

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Recommended literature

Carrie D. Llewellyn, Susan Ayers et al. (Eds.): Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (3rd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

According to Code of Studies and Examination. The topics of the course will be prepared by students holding a live demonstration with a PowerPoint presentation.

Mid-term exams

Final tests.

Making up for missed classes

Additional homework or presentation.

Exam topics/questions

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Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Birkás Béla
• Gács Boróka
• Hartung István
• Tiringer István