The primary care setting offers a mostly new and exciting opportunity for clinical psychology. Historically, psychology has been relegated to the "back forty," distant and far removed from mainstream medicine in most major hospitals. The primary care integration possibilities for clinical psychology
Clinical health psychology institute: Integrating clinical health psychology into primary care settings
β Scribed by Larry C. James
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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β¦ Synopsis
This special section of the Journal of Clinical Psychology serves as the proceedings for the inaugural Clinical Health Psychology Institute (CHPI). The goal of the CHPI was to provide attendees with a practical, "hands-on" integration of clinical health psychology research and applied services for primary care practice. This primary care special section is a collection of some of the lectures presented during the one day conference. Dr. James' article on integrating clinical psychology into primary care settings serves as a beginner's guide to primary care integration and how and where to start a primary care program. Additionally, Drs. Earles, James, and Folen provide the rationale for health psycyhologists prescribing nonpsychopharmacological agents, as well as an overview of the clinical pathway model for psychologists to prescribe non-psychopharmacological agents for the treatment of obesity. Lastly, Dr. Robin Miyamoto provided an article to serve as a guide for utilization of the codes to enhance reimbursement and assist psychologists in developing sustainable behavioral medicine practices.
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