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01-03-2007 | Original Paper

An Overview of Primary Care Family Psychology

Authors: Susan H. McDaniel, Pieter LeRoux

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

This paper describes the application of family psychology to the primary care setting—in service, education and training, and scholarship. Primary care family psychology integrates family systems with biopsychosocial theory, yielding an approach that is uniquely suited to the generalist demands of primary care. This approach attends especially to the effects of relationships on health and healthcare, using the family as a potential resource to the patient just as the healthcare team is a resource to the clinician. Training opportunities in primary care family psychology are growing. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry fellowship is described as an example, with core primary care family psychology training in four different clinical sites: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics/Gynecology.

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Title: An Overview of Primary Care Family Psychology
Authors: Susan H. McDaniel
Pieter LeRoux
Publication date: 01-03-2007
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-006-9050-7

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