Psychiatry and Psychology

Medical Psychology

A branch of psychology in which there is collaboration between psychologists and physicians in the management of medical problems. It differs from clinical psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavior disorders.

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A branch of psychology in which there is collaboration between psychologists and physicians in the management of medical problems. It differs from clinical psychology, which is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of behavior disorders.

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  • Psychology, Medical

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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specialty

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  1. F04.096w.628w.808w
  2. H02w.720w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011591. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011591
  2. Medical Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_psychology
  3. Medical Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1916597