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Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

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Training Pediatric Psychologists for Perinatal Behavioral Health Services in a Pediatric Hospital

Authors: Rhonda C. Boyd, Alexander M. Scharko, Joanna C. M. Cole, Chavis A. Patterson, Tami D. Benton, Thomas J. Power

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 2/2016

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Although pediatric hospitals specialize in providing care to children and adolescents, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), our team has been providing behavioral health services for two unique parent populations—parents with a child in the Newborn Infant Intensive Care Unit and pregnant women carrying fetuses with specific birth defects and receiving prenatal care in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. A new training program was developed to expand the scope of pediatric psychologists’ practice to include perinatal behavioral health services, specifically for these two unique parent populations served at CHOP. The program includes direct service provision for adult mental health concerns, as well as education and support to help families cope with the existing medical conditions. This article describes the training program and its implementation as a model of training for other pediatric hospitals. The roles of psychologists embedded in these units and hospital privileges are discussed.

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Title: Training Pediatric Psychologists for Perinatal Behavioral Health Services in a Pediatric Hospital
Authors: Rhonda C. Boyd
Alexander M. Scharko
Joanna C. M. Cole
Chavis A. Patterson
Tami D. Benton
Thomas J. Power
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-015-9439-2

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