Training of health psychologists and therapists needs to be ...

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Training of health psychologists and therapists needs to be enhanced in these areas:
 
  a. cultural competency and awareness of the lifespan issues
  b. understanding empirical research and more familiarity using sites such as WebMD
  c. understanding a second language, and psycholinguistics
  d. psychopharmacoloty and the medical model.

Question 2

Key barriers that prevent interventions from reaching the clinical populations for whom they have been designed do NOT include:
 
  a. researchers not always understanding the clinical applicability of their basic research
  b. researchers not being able to locate populations that are willing to be involved in the interventions.
  c. a reluctance of clinicians to accept the value of basic research-driven interventions.
  d. various institutional-level constraints such as lack of time, training, or funding.

[zogaridan]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B

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[Kedrick2014]

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