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BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2001

5-8 September 2001,  University of St Andrews, Scotland
"Changing Behaviour: Health and Healthcare"

End of Conference Summary

To mark the British Psychological Society's centenary, the Division of Health Psychology's 4th Annual Conference 2001 was held jointly with the European Health Psychology Society's annual conference; hosted by Professor Derek Johnston, Professor Marie Johnston, the Local Conference Organising team, and Dr Anne Walker the DHP National Conference Organiser (1998-2001).

This combined conference was extremely popular with a full scientific programme held over four days - six parallel sessions per day. The full conference abstracts will appear in the Conference Proceedings of The Psychologist, February 2003.

Dr Hilary Bekker, DHP National Conference Organiser (2001-2004)
e-mail: h.l.bekker@leeds.ac.uk

The keynote speakers were:

• Gollwtizer P & Oettingen G. Emergence and implementation of health goals
• Andersen B. Biobehavioural outcomes following psychological interventions for cancer patients.
• Perrett D. Perception of health and attractiveness in faces.
• Hampson S. Personality, health behaviour and chronic illness.
• Denollet J. Cardiac Psychology: more than just depression.
• Petrie K. On the edge of illness perceptions: symptom recognition and behaviour.

The symposia included (Title. Chair. Authors):

1. Illness Representations: theorectical and empirical issues (Kaptein: Moss-Morris; Figueiras; Helder; Scharloo; Horne).
2. Health Psychology and Public Health (Vinck: Murphy; Marks; Oldenburg; Uutela; van Lengerke).
3. Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Coping (Weber. chair. Lowe, Bennet, Titzmannm Weber)
4. Psychoimmunology and Health Psychology (Vedhara: Antoni; Dixon; Buske-Kirschbaum; Owen).
5. Health Behaviours, Cognitions and Health Status in Chronic Diseases (Rodriguez-Martin: Lopez-Roig; Pastor; Clark; Abdul-Majid).
6. Informed choice: Measuring and Facilitating (Michie: Michie; Dormandy; Entwistle; Stiggelbout).
7. Understanding and Changing Health Behaviours (Stroebe: Conner; Das; Milne; Sheeran; de Wit).
8. Psychological Aspects of Cancer (CRC: Sanderman; Eiser; Andersen; Payne).
9. Couples Dealing with Chronic disease: from an individual to a dyadic coping perceptive (Coyne: Hagedoorn; Screurs; Coyne; Kuijer).
10. Stress and Psychoimmunological Mechanisms in Health and Disease. (Steptoe: Kunz; Ebrecht; Weinman).
11. Behaviour and Health Services Research in Chronic Disease (Johnston: Eccles; Kinmouth; McGee; Oldridge).
12. The Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Behavioural and Cognitive Responses in Chronic Illness and Disease. Evidence from randomised controlled trials (Chalder: Chalder; Lewin; Creed).
13. From Simplicity to Complexity: Applying Connectionist Principles to Understanding Complex Processes in Health Psychology (Milne: Lowe; Milne; Eiser; Hyland; Wetherall).
14. Evaluation of Preventive Programmes in the setting of German Health Insurance - Health Outcomes Under the Condition of Everyday Life (Scwartz: Hoopman; Dierks; Dierks; Walter; Scmidt).
15. Social-Cognitive Determinants of Health Behaviour (Schwarzer: Schwarzer; Norman; Luczcynska; Renner; de Vries).
16. The Potential of Health Psychology in CVD Management (BHF: Marteau; Demollet; Oldenburg; Hevey).

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