Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

• 42. - Psychology
• 42.28 - Clinical, counselling and applied psychology

42.2810 - Health/medical psychology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the psychological study of health, illness, and recovery, from the perspective that these phenomena arise from a combination of physical, behavioural, and social conditions. These programs include courses in abnormal and social psychology, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, learning processes, clinical and behavioural therapies, biopsychosocial modelling, clinical procedures and assessment, preventive education, psychotherapy, rehabilitation processes, and research methods.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • health psychology
  • medical psychology

• Exclusion(s)

  • health and fitness studies(31.0501)
  • psychiatry - residency(60.0428)
  • psychotherapy(51.1507)
  • substance abuse counselling(51.1501)