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Contemporary Issues in Health Psychology

Course Code	: KPJ629
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 4

Objectives of the Course

Recognizing psychiatric and psychological problems encountered in medical diseases, understanding their diagnoses, making psychological evaluations, recognizing and applying the issues to be cooperated in planning their treatment.

Course Content

Psychiatric and psychological problems encountered in medical diseases, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, cooperation issues.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Recognize psychiatric and psychological problems encountered in medical diseases.
2.	Understands the diagnosis of psychiatric and psychological problems encountered in medical diseases and makes appropriate assessment.
3.	Recognize the psychiatric and psychological problems encountered in medical diseases, understand their diagnosis, evaluate, cooperate in treatment planning and make the necessary application.
4.	Follows the related literature of the subjects.
5.	Knows to communicate with people with medical conditions in the appropriate way.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Brannon, L. & Feist, J. (2009). Health Psychology: An Introduction to Behavior and Health (7th Ed.). Wadsworth.
2.	Okyayuz, Ü.H., (1999). Introduction to Health Psychology. TPD Publications

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Course presentation and introduction to the course

Week 2 - Theoretical

Basic theories in health psychology

Week 3 - Theoretical

Protective factors and risk factors in health

Week 4 - Theoretical

Patient-treatment team relationship and communication

Week 5 - Theoretical

Health, stress and coping

Week 6 - Theoretical

Chronic Pain

Week 7 - Theoretical

Chronic diseases and intervention approaches

Week 8 - Theoretical

Chronic diseases and intervention approaches

Week 9 - Theoretical

Chronic diseases and intervention approaches

Week 10 - Theoretical

Assessment approaches in health psychology

Week 11 - Theoretical

Psychological intervention approaches in health psychology

Week 12 - Theoretical

Case evaluation

Week 13 - Theoretical

Case evaluation reporting-I

Week 14 - Theoretical

Case evaluation reporting-II

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Attending Lectures	30	%10
Assignment	2	%50
Final Examination	1	%40

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	1	2	42
Assignment	2	20	2	44
Final Examination	1	10	3	13
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	4								4		4
OÇ-2	4								4		4
OÇ-3	4								4		4
OÇ-4	4								4		4
OÇ-5	4								4		4

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