Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Psychology - Clinical and Health Psychology (C880)

In Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Psychology - Clinical and Health Psychology students will specialise in understanding the psychological factors involved in mental and physical health, their causes, treatment, and prevention. In clinical psychology, they study behavioural problems in children, mental illness in adults, and psychological problems in old age including important contemporary issues such as eating disorders and drug misuse. In health psychology, they will examine the psychological factors that lead some individuals to behave in health-damaging ways and what happens when individuals become ill or disabled.

Students will analyse, the causes of these problems and also the treatment of it. In health psychology, they will examine the psychological factors that lead some individuals to behave in health-damaging ways, such as eating unhealthy diets, not taking enough exercise, or engaging in unsafe sexual behaviour.