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Health Psychology
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Department of Health Psychology (DHP)
The SHP Department of Health Psychology (DHP) is dedicated to meeting the needs of Missourians with disabilities by means of service, research and training.
DHP is comprised of neuropsychologists, rehabilitation and health psychologists who provide a wide variety of clinical services across the state of Missouri. DHP is the sole provider of neuropsychological and rehabilitation psychology services for the MU Health Sciences Center and the primary provider of these services for central Missouri. The DHP faculty includes eight psychologists board certified in rehabilitation or clinical neuropsychology.
Our goals are focused on helping individuals and their families adjust to disabilities by assisting with the clarification of impairments, the development of compensatory strategies, the process of coping with residual difficulties, and the identification of appropriate community resources.
At the Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia, we provide inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation psychological assessment and treatment services focused on treating individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord and/or other orthopedic injury, stroke, and general debilitation.
Our Adult Neuropsychology Clinic is located at nearby Ellis Fischel Cancer Center; providing outpatient neuropsychological assessment services for individuals with developmental and acquired neurocognitive difficulties.
We have faculty located at Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon, MO, who provide inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology services to individuals served at this rural hospital.
The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri-Columbia promotes research, teaching and service innovations designed to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorders and other neurological problems. The Thompson Center was created on April 29, 2005, through the philanthropy of William and Nancy Thompson. DHP Professor Janet E. Farmer is Director of Academic Programs for the Thompson Center.
The University of Missouri's Wellness Initiative was launched in 2004 in response to the health and wellness needs of our employees and their families. The MU Wellness Program links employees, clinicians, researchers, and administrators in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach to promoting optimal health in the workplace. Dr. Laura Schopp, Associate Professor of Health Psychology in the School of Health Professions, Department of Health Psychology, manages the UM Wellness Program.
Related Links
- Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia
- Thompson Center for Autism and Neuro- developmental Disorders
- Missouri Rehabilitation Center
- University of Missouri Wellness Initiative (under reconstruction)
- Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium Internship in Professional Psychology
Page last updated on: November 6, 2008
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