1. INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, THIRD CANADIAN EDITION by John Hunsley and Catherine M. Lee
Chapter 15

2. Overview Questions Clinical health Psychology Clinical neuropsychology
Forensic psychology

3. Clinical Health Psychology
Advances in sanitation & medicine
reduce morbidity and mortality due
to infection

4. Lifestyle Factors Affecting Physical Health

5. Health Promotion

6. Definitions of Health and Disability
World Health Organization: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), based on biopsychosocial model.
Functioning
Bodily functions
Activities
Participation
Disability
Impairment
Activity limitation
Participation restrictions

7. Activities of Clinical Health Psychologists
Reducing risk factors
Increasing protective factors
Health promotion
Assessment
Intervention
Providing services to those with health problem

8. Assessment and Intervention related to Pain
Short term; useful signal
Due to injury & medical intervention
Acute
Long term
Associated with sleep disturbance & psychological effects
Chronic

9. Strategies to Deal with Children’s Acute Pain
Helpful
Unhelpful
Presence of supportive person
Encouragement to ask questions
Distraction, silliness
Deep breathing
Comforting touch
Medication
Denying
Ridiculing
False reassurance
Focusing too much on pain

10. Psychological Treatment for Insomnia
Sleep hygiene
Stimulants
Exercise
Temperature
Stimulus control
Bed for sex and sleep only
Routine hours
Get out of bed when unable to sleep
No naps
Sleep restriction
Do not go to bed early to compensate
Relaxation
Cognitions about sleep

11. Clinical Neuropsychology
Application of knowledge of brain-behaviour relationships in assessment and remediation of problems associated with the central nervous system
Boake (2008)

12. Knowledge Requirements to Practise Clinical Neuropsychology
Neuroanatomy, physiology, pharmacology
Human neuropsychology and neuropathology
Neuropsychological assessment
Clinical and neuropsychological intervention techniques
To practise neuropsychology with children and adolescents: also need knowledge of developmental psychology, as well as relevant assessment and intervention strategies
College of Psychologists of Ontario

13. Activities of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Screening, diagnosis
Treatment planning & monitoring
Assessment of memory, abstract reasoning, problem solving, emotional consequences, of brain dysfunction
Psychoeducation on effects of problem
Cognitive rehabilitation
Treatment of those with brain injury, stroke, or dementia

14. Forensic Psychology
Application of psychological knowledge in the criminal justice and legal system

15. Knowledge Requirements to Practise Forensic Psychology
Criminal justice/legal systems
Criminal behaviour
Application of psychological principles within the federal and provincial legal systems
Risk assessment
Risk management
If practising with children and adolescents, knowledge of all of the above as they pertain to youth
College of Psychologists of Ontario

16. Activities of Forensic Psychologists
Of witnesses, victims, the accused and offenders
Of competence, credibility, risk of violence
Assessment
To address mental health issues
To address criminal behaviour
Treatment

17. Copyright Notice
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