Citation

Miller EA, Hee PJ, Bonner BL, Cherry AS. J. Clin. Psychol. Med. Settings 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Section of General and Community Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10880-019-09648-w

PMID

31388847

Abstract

Psychologists are key team members in the delivery of integrated behavioral healthcare. Healthcare reform has supported a shift toward a team-based, interdisciplinary model of service delivery, with increasing emphasis on primary care services, prevention, and health promotion. In conjunction with this shift has been a greater focus on psychosocial problems and social determinants of health, particularly childhood adversity. Psychologists in primary care are uniquely positioned to advance efforts to prevent and ameliorate childhood adversity, which are essential to improving care for underserved populations and reducing health disparities. Targeted training efforts are needed to increase the number of psychologists equipped to work in primary care settings with underserved populations. This paper provides an overview of a training program designed to provide psychology trainees with specialized training in both integrated primary care and child maltreatment. The overarching goal of the program is to provide trainees with the skillset to work within integrated primary care settings and the expertise needed to further efforts to address and prevent child maltreatment, as well as childhood adversity more broadly, to improve outcomes for underserved populations. The paper reviews strengths, challenges, and lessons learned from this program.

Language: en

Keywords

Child maltreatment; Integrated primary care; Primary care psychology; Training and education