PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

Patrick H DeLeon

Publications and source records attributed to Patrick H DeLeon.

7 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2005

An education for the future.

The 21st century clinical psychologist will need to become actively engaged in establishing our nation's health care policies and priorities to ensure that the psychological aspects of care are given greater priority. The clinician's workplace and target clientele will drastically change, with the development of a global and preventive perspective becoming the key to the profession's future.

Behavior Therapy↗
PubMed2003

Challenges to professional psychology education in the 21st century: response to Peterson.

Professional psychology education faces many critical challenges brought about by the major changes occurring in the health care arena. This article shows that professional schools and programs have a good record of responding to these challenges and of taking proactive steps sponding to prepare their graduates for new health care roles and delivery systems. Data on admissions to psychology doctoral training programs demonstrate little support for the toral concerns raised by Donald R. Peterson (2003, this issue) about the preparation of students for graduate training in professional programs. Although quality concerns are important to investigate, such examination best resides with portant the American Psychological Association's Committee on Accreditation, which has the promotion of quality and excellence in professional psychology education and training as its major goal and responsibility.

Humans↗
PubMed2000

The coming of age of telecommunications in psychological research and practice.

Rapid and far-reaching technological advances are revolutionizing the ways in which people relate, communicate, and live their daily lives. Technologies that were hardly used a few years ago, such as the Internet, e-mail, and video teleconferencing, are becoming familiar methods for modern communication. Telecommunications will continue to evolve quickly, spawning telehealth applications for research and the provision of clinical care in communities, university settings, clinics, and medical facilities. The impact on psychology will be significant. This article examines the application of developing technologies as they relate to psychology and discusses implications for professional research and practice.

Forecasting↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Presidential reflections. Past and future.

Key federal health initiatives and psychology's participation in public policy are briefly reviewed. There has long been agreement that psychologists have a responsibility to affirmatively address society's pressing needs, not only in health care but in other areas that affect the well being of society. The behavioral sciences are key to the United States' science and health policy in the 21st century. The unanswered question is, Has the field matured sufficiently to establish its own programmatic agenda via the public policy process? Community health, lifestyle choices, psychologically managed pharmacological treatment, and the use of telecommunications technology in education and treatment are areas in which psychology can contribute a great deal to the development of a healthier society.

Health Policy↗