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American Association of Doctors of Behavioral Health

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Author: David Clarke

President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Assistant Clinical Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. Faculty Associate at ASU and the Cummings Graduate Institute in their DBH programs. Author of They Can't Find Anything Wrong! and Psychophysiologic Disorders. Married to Linda since 1977, father of two boys with five adorable grandchildren.

Psychophysiologic Disorders: A Core Competence for a DBH

Patient with Psychophysiologic Disorders looking out of a hospital window

Did you know that one in six adults and 35-40% of primary care patients suffer from medically unexplained symptoms? For example, some suffer from chronic functional syndromes (irritable bowel, fibromyalgia and many others) or psychosocial factors linked to chronic pain?…

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