TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric medical psychology
AU - Parrish, Carisa
AU - Bartolini, Ellen
AU - Song, Youlim
AU - Hernandez, Emily
AU - Green, Katerina
AU - Ostrander, Rick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Institute of Psychiatry and Johns Hopkins University.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - Paediatric medical psychology is a specialised field within clinical health psychology focussed on the behavioural, developmental, and psychological needs of children, adolescents, and families in healthcare contexts. Paediatric medical psychologists address a myriad of problems by employing evidence-based evaluations and interventions in order to support the well-being of paediatric patients and their families. In this paper, we provide an overview of paediatric medical psychology including the education and training required to be a paediatric psychologist followed by common problems addressed by paediatric psychology, the settings paediatric psychologists work in, and the services they provide. Discussion concludes with future application of integrating paediatric psychology throughout the continuum of care to optimise adjustment and health of paediatric patients.
AB - Paediatric medical psychology is a specialised field within clinical health psychology focussed on the behavioural, developmental, and psychological needs of children, adolescents, and families in healthcare contexts. Paediatric medical psychologists address a myriad of problems by employing evidence-based evaluations and interventions in order to support the well-being of paediatric patients and their families. In this paper, we provide an overview of paediatric medical psychology including the education and training required to be a paediatric psychologist followed by common problems addressed by paediatric psychology, the settings paediatric psychologists work in, and the services they provide. Discussion concludes with future application of integrating paediatric psychology throughout the continuum of care to optimise adjustment and health of paediatric patients.
KW - Paediatric medical psychology
KW - adolescent pychology
KW - behavioural medicine
KW - health psychology
KW - medical psychology
KW - mental health
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U2 - 10.1080/09540261.2019.1705258
DO - 10.1080/09540261.2019.1705258
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32091271
AN - SCOPUS:85084167382
SN - 0954-0261
VL - 32
SP - 284
EP - 297
JO - International Review of Psychiatry
JF - International Review of Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -