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Unit of Study CMM03257 - Psychological and Environmental Influences in Lifestyle Medicine (2016)

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Unit description

Explores the epidemiology of lifestyle based psychological health problems and environmentally activated disease through critical examination of the literature and the sharing of students' professional experiences.

Unit content

1. Epidemiology and psychological well-being
2. Understanding habits
3. The SAD disorders: stress, anxiety and depression
4. Addictions
5. Saving your client's skin
6. Sleep

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
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1 critically analyse the epidemiology of lifestyle based psychological issues
2 evaluate current theories and practices for managing stress, anxiety and depression
3 discuss current theories and practices for managing addiction
4 critically analyse the most current evidence-based approaches to environmentally triggered issues such as lifestyle-related skin problems, injury prevention, sleep problems and fatigue.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically analyse the epidemiology of lifestyle based psychological issues
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  2. evaluate current theories and practices for managing stress, anxiety and depression
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  4. critically analyse the most current evidence-based approaches to environmentally triggered issues such as lifestyle-related skin problems, injury prevention, sleep problems and fatigue.
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