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Extensive research supports the biopsychosocial model, but the current health care system generally operates according to a model of mind-body dualism. Integrated primary behavioral health care offers an alternative to this dualism. This paper describes the University of Louisville Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) program, a pre-doctoral integrated primary behavioral health care training program. This program emphasizes four shared psychosocial determinants that have been associated with physical health status: Victimization and potentially traumatic stress exposure, emotional functioning, social relationship functioning, and illness representations. It does so within the broader context of providing care for individuals who are underserved and economically disadvantaged. The initial phase of the program is evaluated and implications for graduate psychology education and patient care are discussed.
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We gratefully acknowledge the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, for supporting this work through GPE grant D40HP00001. We would also like to thank the patients, attendings, residents, and staff of the AIM clinic for generously welcoming psychology and helping to make this program possible.
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Newton, T.L., Woodruff-Borden, J. & Stetson, B.A. Integrating mind and body: Graduate psychology education in primary behavioral health care. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 13, 3–11 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-006-9037-4
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