Difference bt. Health Psyc and Pediatric Psyc

[InYourHead]

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I have heard that pediatric psychology is basically the child version of health psychology, both bringing the discipline of psychology into the medical field. Can anyone shed light on this or provide any resources?

And where would Rehab Psychology fall into the mix?

Thanks in advance!

 

[AcronymAllergy]

I have heard that pediatric psychology is basically the child version of health psychology, both bringing the discipline of psychology into the medical field. Can anyone shed light on this or provide any resources?

And where would Rehab Psychology fall into the mix?

Thanks in advance!

Not sure about health vs. pediatric, but I can say that health vs. rehab is going to typically end up doing some different things--with health psych, you're often helping address behavioral factors related to physical health (e.g., health habits, medication and treatment adherence, working with folks adjusting to new/chronic illnesses, etc.), and may be located directly in a primary care setting. With rehab psych, there are of course also adjustment-related issues, but you may be working with different populations (e.g., spinal cord injury, moderate and severe TBI, stroke, etc.), in different settings (e.g., inpatient units or outpatient rehabilitation facilities), and perhaps more often with family members and caregivers (to provide education, address behavioral issues, etc.).

 

[erg923]

Pediatric psych is generally service in a hospital setting with children with medical illness. Health psych (either with adults or children) can be outpatient or inpatient and focuses on psychological impacts of physical illness/health.

 

[InYourHead]

Thank you! This is helpful. Any other insight will be helpful as well!

 

[futureapppsy2]

Adding to this, I'd say that peds psych generally deals more frequently with *illness* (cancer, asthma, diabetes, etc) while rehab psych (including peds rehab) tends to deal more with *injury* (amputation, TBI, SCI, etc). Obviously, these aren't hard and fast lines, and there's definitely some overlap in populations, it's a division I've noticed in my time taking peds psych coursework and being involved in rehab psych.