Birmingham:Clinical:Curriculum: Health psychology

Programme Year 2


 * HALF DAY	Introduction: Theoretical models in Health Psychology
 * HALF DAY	Treatment adherence
 * HALF DAY	Co-morbidity
 * HALF DAY	Depression and illness
 * FULL DAY	Brief interventions
 * HALF DAY	Living with chronic conditions and transitional issues
 * HALF DAY	Life threatening conditions
 * HALF DAY	Cross-cultural perspectives in health psychology
 * HALF DAY	Paediatric clinical health psychology

Core reading


 * Conner, M. & Norman P. (2005) (Eds.) Predicting Health Behaviour.- Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models (2nd Edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
 * Dunbar-Jacob J, Burke LE, Puczynski S.(2001) Clinical assessment and management of adherence to medical regimens. In: Nicassio PN, Smith TW, editors. Managing Chronic Illness: a biopsychosocial perspective. Washington DC: American Psychological Association; 1995. p. 313-49.
 * Dunbar-Jacob J, Mortimer-Stephens MK.(2001) Treatment in chronic disease. J Clin Epidemiol 2001;54: S57-S60.
 * Helman, C (1994), Culture, Health and Illness, London; Arnold
 * Kazarian and Evans (eds) (2001), Handbook of Cultural Health Psychology; NY, Academic press
 * Leventhal, H., Hahn, E, Horowitz, C, Leventhal, E.A., & Ozakinci, G. Living with chronic illness: A contextualized, self-regulation approach. In: Sutton, S., Baum, A., & Johnston, M. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of health psychology. Sage publications, London,2004
 * Maguire P. Pitcea:thly C.. (2002). Key communication skills and how to acquire them. BMJ. 200, 325, 697-700
 * Main CJ, & Spanswick, CS. Pain management: an interdisciplinary approach. Churchill Livingstone, London, 2004.
 * Marteau, T.M., Weinman, J. Communicating about health threats and treatments. In: Sutton, S., Baum, A., & Johnston, M. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of health psychology. Sage publications, London, 2004.
 * Strike PC, Steptoe A. (2004). Psychosocial factors in the development of coronary artery disease. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 46, 337-47
 * Sutton, S., Baum, A., & Johnston, M. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of health Psychology. Sage publications, London, 2004*, **