Psychology and Population Health Management

摘要: Population health management, broadly defined, is an integrated approach to improve the of entire population by targeting systems and policies that affect care quality, access, outcomes. From a clinical psychology perspective, involves applications interventions targeted at patient rather than individual patients. The traditional practice in medical settings has assessment treatment patients most often seen for one-on-one counseling. Decades applied research resulted development evidence-based cognitive-behavioral psychological, medical, dental conditions can be delivered psychologists. Indeed, largest effect sizes greatest improvements symptoms obtained using these empirically supported treatments For variety reasons, however, it only minority who have access benefit from therapies. Less intensive beneficiaries potential even greater impact on overall more effective small percentage