Biography

Alexander Blount is Professor of Clinical Family Medicine at the University

of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA and Director of Behavioral

Science in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. He

teaches resident physicians the psychosocial skills of primary care practice

and directs the post-doctoral Fellowship in Primary Care Psychology. He was

previously Director of the Family Center of the Berkshires in Pittsfield, MA

and a faculty member at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York.

He has thirty years experience as a therapist, teacher of physicians and

therapists, administrator and lecturer in the US and abroad. His books

include Integrated Primary Care: The Future of Medical and Mental Health

Collaboration published by W. W. Norton and Knowledge Acquisition, written

with James Brule', published by McGraw-Hill.

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Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ed.D. Counseling 1976

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

B.A. 1967

Current Positions

Director of Behavioral Science, FMCH

Affiliations

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, Chair