Pediatric psychology as practiced in a large municipal hospital setting

Toback, Charles; Russo, R. M.; Gururaj, Vymutt J.

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“…Services to hospitalized children resembled child clinical psychology practice in other settings (Kissel, 1975;Tuma, 1975). As in pediatric outpatient settings (Scheinbein, 1973;Toback et al, 1975), evaluations of cognitive development were commonly requested. However, referrals concerning psychological adjustment in chronic disease, somatic complaints, acute emotional crises, and infant adaptation were more characteristic of pediatric inpatient settings and posed unique challenges (Friedman, 1975;Wright, 1976;Robinson, Note 2;Sack, Cohen, Woodcock, & Grout, Note 3).…”

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“…Psychological collaboration with pediatricians (Kagan, 1965;Wright, 1967) now includes the problems of high-risk infants (Drotar, 1975c;Magrab & Davitt, 1975), chronic physical disease (Magrab, 1975;Wright, 1974), and childhood death (Willis, 1974). Psychologists' contributions to pediatric outpatient services encompass parent education, diagnostic assessment, and treatment planning (Scheinbein, 1973;Schroeder, Goolsby, & Slangier, 1975;Smith, Rome, & Freedheim, 1967;Toback, Russo, & Gururaj, 1975). However, the nature of psychological services to hospitalized children and their families has rarely been described.…”

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Clinical psychological practice in a pediatric hospital.

Drotar

1977

Professional Psychology

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A review of clinical practice in a newly developed pediatric psychology program indicates a strong need for psychological services for hospitalized children. Pediatricians' referral questions necessitated a broad range of psychological assessment and intervention approaches. Unique psychosocial dilemmas were presented by chronic physical diseases, infant disorders, and acute psychological crises. These observations have important implications for the design of psychological services in health care settings.

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Clinical psychological practice in a pediatric hospital.

Drotar

1977

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“…Given that psychologists with a certain set of clinical skills have been responsible for establishing pediatric psychology, it was almost inevitable that the needs of pediatric settings would be defined as requiring specialists with exactly those skills. To date, individual assessment, psychotherapy, and case consultation have been the predominant services of pediatric psychologists (Drotar, 1976(Drotar, , 1977Toback, Russo, & Gururaj, 1975). There has even been some confusion regarding the distinction between pediatric psychology and clinical child psychology in pediatric settings (Drotar, 1977;Tuma, 1975), as if the former were simply the latter moved to a new address.…”

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Psychology and the creation of health care settings.

Tefft¹,

Simeonsson²

1979

Professional Psychology

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The development of innovative relationships between psychologists and health care facilities is viewed as an example of setting creation. These efforts involve predictable problems that are often not dealt with realistically due to a limited understanding of the setting-creation process. Moreover, health care settings are dominated by a culture and an organizational structure that are inconsistent with adequate psychosocial care. These arguments are applied to pediatric settings, where psychologists have recreated past problems by employing traditional helping approaches from their previous experience. Alternative approaches are suggested. The successful creation of distinctive health care settings requires a more comprehensive understanding of organizational and institutional change, toward which psychologists have historically shown little inclination.The involvement of psychologists in health care settings has been increasing at a relatively steady rate for over a decade (Lubin, Nathan, & Matarazzo, 1978). The creation of new interdisciplinary roles, the development of training opportunities, and the publication of topical research in psychological and medical journals lend the appearance of progressive social and professional change.Without question, the values and intentions underlying these efforts, namely, interdisciplinary cooperation toward providing better, more comprehensive health care, are laudable and deserve support. However, agreement on values and good intentions is not instructive concerning their implementation and is therefore necessary but insufficient to maintain innovative organizational change.

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Pediatric psychology as practiced in a large municipal hospital setting

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Clinical psychological practice in a pediatric hospital.

Clinical psychological practice in a pediatric hospital.

Psychology and the creation of health care settings.

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