健康心理学家提倡更健康的生活方式。他们试图找到方法来鼓励人们改善健康状况，并改善整个医疗体系。例如，帮助人们减肥或戒烟，或建议医生更好的与患者沟通的方式。您将学习利用自己的心理学知识来促进整体健康并了解身体疾病。我们将教您所需的技能，以帮助人们应对健康和疾病的心理和情感方面，并为长期病患者提供支持。我们的MSc健康心理学重点关注经验，并强调将健康心理学应用于实际环境。该课程包括医疗保健从业者的贡献。您将在医疗保健环境中进行简短的安排，其中可能包括NHS，第三部门（慈善机构）或行业，并且通常会在课程团队的支
Health psychology is a growing and much needed field. Prevention of and management of conditions is needed at all levels and health psychologists can apply their expertise to develop and evaluate interventions and work within multi-disciplinary teams (source: The British Psychological Society 2024). Health psychology focuses on understanding how psychological, behavioural, and cultural factors influence physical health, illness and healthcare. Health psychologists promote healthier lifestyles. They try to find ways to support people to improve and maintain their health and also to improve the healthcare system as a whole. For example, helping people to lose weight or stop smoking, or advising healthcare providers on better ways to communicate with their patients. Our Masters in Health Psychology will develop your skills to help people improve and manage their health. You’ll learn to use psychology to promote general wellbeing and understand physical illness. You’ll help people deal with the psychological and emotional aspects of health and illness, and to support people who have long-term conditions. Study a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited course The MSc Health Psychology is the first step towards becoming a registered health psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). You'll graduate with Stage 1 of the British Psychological Society's (BPS) health psychologist training. Our Masters in Health Psychology also prepares you with the knowledge and skills you need for Stage 2 doctoral-level training. After completing Stage 2, you can register with the HCPC as a Health Psychologist. You can also apply to become a BPS Chartered Health Psychologist. Gain practical experience on a health psychology placement The Health Psychology Masters includes the opportunity to complete an observational placement in a health-related setting. Placements can be in the third sector (charities), industry, community setting or with the NHS. The course teaching includes contributions from health psychology trainees and practitioners. Specialist psychology labs We have a new Lifespan Lab that focuses on understanding cognition, health and wellbeing from infancy through to old age. Our on-site Psychology Kindergarten is a unique facility in the UK. It provides an outstanding facility for child development research and teaching. Laboratory space is also available for you to do: health research (including GSR and activity and heart rate monitoring), human electrophysiology research (EEGERPs), face research (including eye-tracking), vision research (including stereoscopic displays).