Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PSY 239 - Health Psychology (4 Cr.)


An introduction to the ways in which the mind, body, and behavior interact in health and disease. Topics include health behaviors and behavior change, coping with illness/disability, self-management approaches to physical illness, the impact of stress and coping on disease and on immune function, and the relationship between psychopathology and physical health. Treatment and prevention efforts will be considered. Prerequisite: PSY 111 . Spring semester. Offered in 2016 and alternate years. Friedman-Wheeler.