New Course for Spring 2020: PSYC 489U Health Psychology! Fulfills a Theme II and/or 400 Level Non-Lab!

New Course for Spring 2020

PSYC 489U Advanced Special Topics in Psychology: Health Psychology

Instructor: Dr. Kristen Hamilton

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Fulfills a PSYC Theme II and/or 400 Level Non-Lab Requirement.

The primary goal of this course is to examine how psychological,

biological, and social factors impact physical health and well-being.

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss what questions are of interest to health psychologists
• Describe psychological stress, the physiological stress
response, and the impact of the stress response on biological
systems (e.g., immune system, cardiovascular system).
• Analyze physical health problems and illnesses and explain
mechanisms by which psychological, social, and biological
factors contribute to their etiology and course.
• Analyze health disparities using the biopsychosocial model.
• Apply knowledge of psychological principles to inform

strategies to promote health behavior.

Dr. Hamilton received her Ph.D. in Medical Psychology at the Uniformed Services University in 2010 and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Maryland. She is currently an Assistant Research Professor in the Psychology Department and the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) program at UMD.