Behavioral Pediatrics and Child Health Psychology

3 credits · Graduate School

Behavioral pediatrics and child health psychology for advanced predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Topics include the scope and definition of behavioral pediatrics, measurement of child behavior, children's health beliefs and understanding of illness, theories of psychosomatic illness, immunologic and endocrinologic aspects of stress, compliance, psychological effects of physical illness, families' responses to stress, and psychological intervention strategies. [3]