Jobs in Psychology SalaryJune 3, 2015 – 04:49 pm
A career in psychology can provide a lifetime of rewards. Your psychologist mind is probably saying that the most important are the intangibles that come from the positive impact you get to have on peoples’ lives. We agree with you. But what about your salary as a psychologist? Let’s look at a few stats. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012, which is the latest reported median pay for psychologists on their website, a psychologist…
Clinical Health Psychology PHD ProgramsSeptember 17, 2013 – 12:18 pm
Students who aspire to conduct clinically-informed research on issues pertaining to behavioral factors in the etiology, treatment, and prevention of disease may apply for admission to both the Clinical and Biological and Health Psychology programs. Such students gain a thorough grounding in the theories and methods of clinical psychology (principles of behavior, psychological assessment, and behavior change), as well as the biobehavioral bases of…
Psychology Mental HealthJuly 18, 2012 – 01:51 pm
Life is full of frustration and difficult times. Most adults will usually have to deal with such things as balancing family and career life, and paying bills that they can’t afford. These stressful times can be very hard to get through and extremely overwhelming for some. Not coping with this type of stress in a healthy manner, however, can lead to mental and emotional strain. Mental health counseling can be used to pull some people out of their mental…
Health Psychology Graduate SchoolsMay 19, 2015 – 01:39 pm
Degree programs in health psychology can lead to a Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), with the latter available at Stanford University. A Ph.D. program is offered at Stanford University. 1. Stanford University in Stanford, CA School Highlight: Stanford is flush with research centers, like the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, and the Stanford Humanities Center…
Health Psychology BookOctober 29, 2013 – 11:45 am
To Integrated Primary Care! Integrated Primary Care is a new paradigm where a primary care physician works along side a primary care psychologist or other mental health professional. This is a model that is suddenly beginning to take hold in a large scale at a variety of sites across the country. There are two excellent recent books about this that you may wish to review, both of which are extremely important to the future of Health Psychology. Also…
Jobs for Psychology GraduateSeptember 28, 2015 – 09:35 am
Teaching and Research. If you re interested in teaching undergraduate, master s-level, or doctoral-level students, you can probably work in a university setting, where you will probably also do research. If you are not interested in teaching and want to focus on research, you can work for government agencies (for example, the Centers for Disease Control) or for private research organizations. To work as a psychologist in these settings, you typically…
What is Health Psychology?July 21, 2012 – 04:08 pm
Health psychology focuses on how psychological, biological and social factors influence health and illness. Peter Dazeley / Photographer s Choice / Getty Images Health psychology is a specialty area that focuses on how biology, psychology, behavior and social factors influence health and illness. Other terms including medical psychology and behavioral medicine are sometimes used interchangeably with the term health psychology. Health and illness are…
