| Center |
| Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy |
| Departament |
| Psychobiology |
| Lecturers in charge |
| Sin datos cargados |
| Met. Docent |
| This topic is theoric and practic. Thus, lectures and practic skills are carried out. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Total puntuation resulting of weighted mean of two tests and practic works. |
| Bibliografia |
| Ader, R., Felten, D.L.; Cohen, L. (2001). Psychoneuroimmunology. San Diego: Academic Press. ; Webster, J. I.; Tonelli, L.; Sternberg, E.M. (2002). Neuroendocrine regulation of immunity. Annual Review of Immunology, 20:125-163. |
| Continguts |
| The neuro-immune-endocrine network. Immune system, sleep and motivation. Stress and immunity. Immune factors involved in mental illness. Psychological aspects of cancer and immunodeficiencies. Effects of psychosocial intervention on immune system. |
| Objetius |
| Providing theoric and practic knowledge to consider the immune system as an involving factor in the understanding of behavior. Specific aims: to know the underlying mechanisms of human behavior and pathologic processes; to provide the skills for the screening and detection of potentially dangerous events for the immunity (stress, immunodeficiencies); integration of knowledges and skills for the aplication of the Health Psychology (primary care, paliative care). |
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