Clinical Health Services Council

Our Work

The CHSC has addressed a number of issues in the past, such as:

• Laws and policies pertaining to the practice of health psychology
• Billing for health psychology services
• Integration of psychology practice into medical settings
• Development and endorsement of guidelines pertaining to treatment, assessment and practice matters

The CHSC also oversees other committees, most notably the Integrated Primary Care Committee, and may create ad hoc working groups as needed.

The CHSC is composed of a number of heath psychology practitioners, who vary with regard to their specialty and stage of career.

APA Interdivisional Healthcare Committee

The Interdivisional Healthcare Committee is made up of representatives from the following APA Divisions that share interest in health issues: Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology), Division 38 (Society for Health Psychology), Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology), and Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology). Recent activities include developing and promoting the use of health and behavior assessment and intervention codes, as well as offering perspectives to APA Boards and Committees on issues impacting clinical health psychology now and in the future.

Board Certification in Clinical Health Psychology

We encourage all clinical health psychologists to begin the process of board certification. More information about board certification is available here.