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| Name | : Ph.D. in Psychology - Health Psychology | |||
| Program | : Psychology | |||
| Description | : Health Psychology specialization students plan to practice in a variety of health care settings and academic institutions, including medical centers, medical research settings, business and industry, government and military, as well as sports and fitness settings. Others teach and engage in research at colleges and universities. Health Psychology students will: - Articulate and apply theoretical models of psychophysiological wellness, health and immunocompetence. - Identify and moderate personal and environmental factors that impact health. - Understand and apply evidence-based psychological interventions that emphasize the role of stress on health. - Describe psychotropic medications and their use in the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders. - Articulate alternatives to pharmacological treatment that are less invasive, less disruptive to the body and have an evidence base of effectiveness. - Describe current concepts, theories and research about neuropsychology, neuroanatomy, neuropathology and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). - Recommend evidence-based mind-body interventions to help patients establish symptom management or attenuate physical illnesses. - Articulate the impact of nutrition on psychological dysfunction. - Use nutritional models to promote psychological wellness and mitigate illness. - Use behavioral nutrition as an approach to psychological and psychophysiological illness and abnormal behavior. - Understand current ethical standards and legal responsibilities of health psychologists, including those pertaining to psychological practice and research. - Interact with medical professionals in practice and research on a peer-relationship level. | |||
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| Name | : Walden University | ||
| Online Distance Education Page | : http://www.waldenu.edu/ | ||
| College/University Main Page | : http://www.waldenu.edu/ | ||
| Street Address | : 155 Fifth Avenue South | ||
| City | : Minneapolis | State | : Minnesota |
| Zip | : 55401 | Country | : United States of America |
| Phone | : 612-338-7224 | Fax | : 612-338-5092 |
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