The Practice of Clinical Health Psychology Robin Perkins, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and Program Director Archbold Integrative Medicine Center
Slide 2Health Psychology : The total of particular instructive, logical, and proficient commitments of the teach of brain research to the advancement and support of wellbeing, the counteractive action of ailment, and ID of etiologic and symptomatic corresponds of wellbeing, ailment, and related dysfunctions.
Slide 3Titles: Behavioral Medicine Medical Psychology Psychosomatic Medicine Health Psychology
Slide 4Requirements: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Prefer Specific graduate preparing and graduate clinical entry level position in Health Psychology State License in Psychology
Slide 5Areas of Work: Academic Institutions Medical Centers/Hospitals Research Institutions Private Practice Primary Care Practices
Slide 6Top Three Professional Activities: Clinical Practice 65% Research 55% Teaching/Supervision half
Slide 7Primary Employment Settings: Educational 55% Service Delivery 42% Industry/Government 9% (Houston, 1988 Health Psychology Survey)
Slide 8Primary Care Practices Between half and 70% of a doctor's typical caseload comprises of patients whose medicinal diseases are fundamentally identified with mental components.
Slide 9Primary Care Practices Anxiety and wretchedness were among the 6 most regular conditions found in family hone.
Slide 10Mental wellbeing patients regularly over-use therapeutic administrations.
Slide 11Clinical Focus: Individual Psychotherapy Coping Skills Treatment Compliance Issues Behavior Change Affective Disorders Grieving/Loss Issues
Slide 12Group Psychotherapy Support Groups Pain Management Groups Behavior Change Groups Coping Skills, and so on
Slide 13Psychological Evaluation Testing Neuropsychological Evaluations Conversion Disorder/Pseudoseizures Affective Disorders Personality Evaluations Transplantation Pain Evaluations
Slide 14Psycho-instructive Teaching Stress Management Groups Lifestyle Changes: smoking, eat less carbs, safe sex, and so forth.
Slide 15Family Therapy Education
Slide 16Specific Areas of Clinical Focus Cardiology Lifestyle Change CABG Surgery Pain Management Anxiety connected with interior cardiovascular defibrillators
Slide 17Neurology Traumatic Brain Injury Dementia Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Chronic Terminal Disease
Slide 18Pain Management Candidates for Opiates Coping Skills Depression Lifestyle Changes Family System
Slide 19Smoking Cessation Lifestyle Changes Lifestyle Maintenance Stress Management Lifestyle Changes Covers Every Diagnostic Category
Slide 20Organ Transplantation Coping Skills Treatment Compliance Support Systems Anxiety/Depression Cancer Pain Management Anticipatory Nausea Lifestyle Changes Body Disfigurement Social Support End of Life Issues
Slide 21Diabetes Treatment Compliance Developmental Issues Dementia Lifestyle Changes Loss Issues Pulmonary Diseases Treatment Compliance Lifestyle Changes Depression/Anxiety
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