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Clinical Behavioral Medicine
The Clinical Behavioral Medicine Concentration will train psychologists to deliver clinical services in settings such as primary health care team in hospitals, rehabilitation, psychiatry, oncology, cardiology, geriatrics, pain clinics, sleep medicine, pediatrics, health maintenance organizations, community mental health agencies, and in the private practice of health psychology.
Graduates of the Clinical Behavioral Medicine Concentration will:
• be competent in the assessment of a biopsychosocial factors affecting an individual’s overall health and wellbeing including psychological, cognitive, behavioral, social, environmental, and biological/physical factors.
• be skilled in developing and delivering psychological interventions to promote prevention and wellness and treat psychological conditions that affect health and illness.
• be skilled in a broad range of psychological interventions and techniques, ranging from psychotherapy to targeted interventions such as stress-management, relaxation training, biofeedback, health promotion, and problem solving therapy.
• be skilled in collaboration, consultation, and teamwork, which are essential to working within a multidisciplinary team of health professionals such as medical doctors (e.g. family medicine, psychiatry, neurology, cardiology), nurses, physician assistants, occupational therapists, physical therapists, exercise physiologists, nutritionists, social workers, counselors, speech-language pathologists, and public health professionals.
• be expert in contemporary research so as to rigorously conduct and apply scientific methods to understanding health and illness and be able to select and evaluate clinical treatment strategies based on established scientific knowledge and empirical support.
APPLICATION DEADLINE for the Ph.D. Program is January 1st.
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