As you will probably see if you check out the Society for Behavioral Medicine Web site,the field of Behvioal Medicine is multi-disciplinary, but your best bet for grad school is to go to a doctorate-level psychology program which has a health psychology or behavioral medicine specialty. The APA (American Psychological Association) used to publish a listing of graduate programs which was cross-referenced by location and sub-specialty. These days, they might have it on the web as well. To get into most graduate psychology programs, it would be helpful to major in psychology as an undergrad, but it is not essential. If you request information from the schools you're interested in attending, they will list the pre-requisite courses needed to attend their school. Some other clinical and/or reaserch experience also helps. It will also be helpful to think about the type of work you'd like to end up doing (eg. research,teaching, clinical) to help narrow-down your selection on a program. If you're interested in clincial work, the California School of Professional Psychology (part of Alliant University) has several campuses throughout California which have Health psychology programs. I know one person suggested you talk to a doctor, but quite honestly, most physicians won't know what you're talking about. I am a psychologist who works as a consultant in a primary care (medical) clinic. I completed grad. school in 1999, so the experience is still relatively new my mind. If you have any other questions, I'll try to remember to check this web-site again. -TH
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