School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Psychology: Health Behaviours
  • Unit Code

    PSY6214
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Julia Carol BUTT

Description

This unit prepares students in the application of psychological theory and psychotherapy to the management and treatment of health-related problems and behaviours, including substance use, obesity, eating disorders, pain, and chronic disease.

Prerequisite Rule

(Students must pass 1 units from PSY5201, PSY5212, PSY5272 OR Students must pass 2 units from PSY5202, PSY5213, PSY6177 OR Students must pass 1 units from PSY5273, PSY6180)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY5184, PSY6271, PSY6304, PSY6243

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the relationship between psychological processes and health.
  2. Evaluate symptoms and aetiology of health-related clinical problems within an appropriate theoretical framework.
  3. Design and evaluate therapeutic interventions relevant to health-related clinical presentations.

Unit Content

  1. Application of psychological theory and techniques to the prevention and management of chronic disease.
  2. Theory and practice in health psychology.
  3. Substance use.
  4. Obesity and Binge Eating.
  5. Eating disorders.
  6. Pain management.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 22 x 3 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 211 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

A combination of readings, didactic instruction, video based observation, and experiential practice will be used.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Case Study ^Evidence-informed written case study
Reflective Practice ^Reaction papers

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Psychology: Health Behaviours
  • Unit Code

    PSY6214
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Julia Carol BUTT

Description

This unit prepares students in the application of psychological theory and psychotherapy to the management and treatment of health-related problems and behaviours, including substance use, obesity, eating disorders, pain, and chronic disease.

Prerequisite Rule

(Students must pass 1 units from PSY5201, PSY5212, PSY5272 OR Students must pass 2 units from PSY5202, PSY5213, PSY6177 OR Students must pass 1 units from PSY5273, PSY6180)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY5184, PSY6271, PSY6304, PSY6243

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the relationship between psychological processes and health.
  2. Evaluate symptoms and aetiology of health-related clinical problems within an appropriate theoretical framework.
  3. Design and evaluate therapeutic interventions relevant to health-related clinical presentations.

Unit Content

  1. Application of psychological theory and techniques to the prevention and management of chronic disease.
  2. Theory and practice in health psychology.
  3. Substance use.
  4. Obesity and Binge Eating.
  5. Eating disorders.
  6. Pain management.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 22 x 3 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 211 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

A combination of readings, didactic instruction, video based observation, and experiential practice will be used.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Case Study ^Evidence-informed written case study
Reflective Practice ^Reaction papers

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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