Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2021-2022
Course director
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Dr. Béla BIRKÁS
assistant professor,
Department of Behavioural Sciences -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 0 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 24 hours
total of: 24 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OAE-EPS-T
- 2 kredit
- General Medicine
- Elective modul
- both semesters
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Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 12
Topic
Health psychology is concerned with the study of psychological processes related to health, illness and health care. It provides a theoretical and practical health-focused approach to people's well-being. Health psychology studies behavioral factors that influence the health conditions and maintenance of health. Addresses the issues of health promotion, prevention, life events, coping and social support. Deals with the adjustment processes and quality of life in chronic illness, hospitalization and medical care. Furthermore, health psychology emphasizes the importance of the health of health care providers, the prevention of burn out and other professional-related risks.
Lectures
Practices
Seminars
- 1. Theories and development of health. Health believes and attributions. Healthy personality.
- 2. Theories and development of health. Health believes and attributions. Healthy personality.
- 3. Concepts of health psychology, positive thinking
- 4. Concepts of health psychology, positive thinking
- 5. Stress and health. Primary prevention
- 6. Stress and health. Primary prevention
- 7. Coping, problemfocused and emotionfocused coping
- 8. Coping, problemfocused and emotionfocused coping
- 9. Ageing, lifespan and health
- 10. Ageing, lifespan and health
- 11. Gender issues, culture and health
- 12. Gender issues, culture and health
- 13. Relaxation and other stressmanagement methods
- 14. Relaxation and other stressmanagement methods
- 15. Adjustment to chronic illness. Patients' understanding and compliance
- 16. Adjustment to chronic illness. Patients' understanding and compliance
- 17. Quality of life and psychological interventions in chronic illness
- 18. Quality of life and psychological interventions in chronic illness
- 19. Hospitalization and stressful medical procedures
- 20. Hospitalization and stressful medical procedures
- 21. Health of medical students, professional socialization as a source of stress
- 22. Health of medical students, professional socialization as a source of stress
- 23. Health of health care professionals: prevention of burn out.
- 24. Health of health care professionals: prevention of burn out.
Reading material
Obligatory literature
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Literature developed by the Department
Presentations, handouts, publications, additional materials, available on Neptun.
Notes
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Recommended literature
Csabai-Molnár: Health, Illness and Care. Springer, Bp., 2000.
Kaptein A., Weinman, J.: Health Psychology, BPS Blackwell, 2004.
Camis, P.M., Knight, S.J.: Clinical Handbook of Health Psychology, Hogrefe and Huber, 2004.
Friedman H.S., Cohen Silver, R.: Foundations of Health Psychology, Oxford, 2007.
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
Written midterm and 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
- Dr. Kállai János
- Dr. Varga József