IPH 260 - Behavioral Health

3 credit hours - 45 hours of lecture; one term.
Study the biological, psychological, and social context of health and illness, through a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between health and behavior, with a focus on stress, addiction, nutrition, eating disorders, pain, and disease as they relate across the lifespan. Identify the psychological factors in the development of specific disease states. Use the biopsychosocial model in the examination of these topics.

Prerequisite(s): MDA 100 and PSY 111 or PSY 211 or PSY 250 .

Note: Typically offered OL; fall and spring terms.

Course Outcomes:

Review advances in the fields of health and coping as these advances relate to prevention of and recovery from addiction, trauma, stress, and disease.
Compare and contrast deprivation psychology and transcendental psychology.
Describe threatening factors affecting the healing process.
Utilize dominant developmental models of psychological and social health and social psychology in their analysis of prevention, recovery and the healing process.
Recognize problem areas in psychological and social health affecting well-being.
Identify medical research, theory and treatments for stress disorders.
Assess healing programs and needs within the framework of prominent developmental models of psychological health, social health, and well-being.
Describe the developmental models of G.H. Mead, Erik Erikson, and Abraham Maslow as relating to psychological health, social health, and well-being.
Define coping strategies as related to stress, disease states, and immunity.