Integrative Health Care/Behavioral Medicine I: Psychological Interventions in Primary and…

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This course carefully considers the importance of the psychologist-physician relationship in the treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions, and the role of psychological interventions in primary care and specialty settings. This course provides an in-depth look at working in medical settings, and covers working in primary care as well as working with specific specialty populations such as oncology. Included are discussions of the practical side of setting up behavioral consultation services in medicine, specific issues related to various diseases seen in primary care, and integration of issues that have been found to be important when working within primary care or specialty services. The medical field, medical professionals, patient perspectives in health care, and communications between health care providers and patients will be discussed. Psychological treatment techniques appropriate for primary care and specialty settings, including brief (time limited) therapy, pain management, smoking cessation, stress management, mindfulness interventions, and low-intensity cognitive behavioral interventions are presented and discussed.