Health/Medical Psychology

A program that focuses on the psychological study of health and illness, and recovery, from the perspective that these phenomena arise from a combination of physical, behavioral, and social conditions. Includes instruction in abnormal and social psychology, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, learning processes, clinical and behavioral therapies, biopsychosocial modeling, clinical procedures and assessment, preventive education, psychotherapy, rehabilitation processes, and research methods.

While Health/Medical Psychology has degrees up to the Post masters certificate, most students study towards a Bachelors degree. Students study Health/Medical Psychology all over the country, though the major at the Doctors degree research scholarship level has the most graduates in North Carolina. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Health/Medical Psychology is $44,000.