Integrated Behavioral Health Psychology

Catalog description

This course explores the Integrative Behavioral Health models of care with specific emphasis on Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH), population health principles, and PCBH interventions and Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) roles in health promotion across broad multicultural child and adult populations. Biological bases and the longitudinal implications of common and chronic medical illnesses and evidence-based PCBH interventions for these conditions are addressed. Research on stress, inflammation, and health from a bio-psycho- social perspective and the effects on the long-term health of populations will be studied.