Memorializes Nicholas A. Cummings (1924–2020). In 1958, Nick took the position of Chief of Mental Health for the Northern Kaiser Permanente health system. He retired from Kaiser in 1980. Nick was keenly aware of the significance of the mind–body connection. As a result, he dedicated his career to integrating psychological interventions into the American health care system in order to enhance overall health care. He researched the somaticizing patient. He developed and trained psychologists in Brief, Intermittent Psychotherapy Throughout the Life Cycle. Aware of the need for evidence-based behavioral health treatment, Nick spearheaded the Hawaii Medicaid project from 1981 to 1988. Nick served as the 81st president of the American Psychological Association as well as President of Division 12, Clinical Psychology, and Division 29, Psychotherapy. In 1988, he founded American Biodyne, a trail-blazing carve-out managed mental health care company which provided effective, cost-saving behavioral health care to 14.5 million patients in 50 states. Nick died June 8, 2020.

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尼古拉斯·A·卡明斯 (1924–2020)。

纪念 Nicholas A. Cummings (1924–2020)。1958 年，尼克担任 Northern Kaiser Permanente 卫生系统的心理健康主管。他于 1980 年从 Kaiser 退休。尼克敏锐地意识到身心联系的重要性。因此，他致力于将心理干预纳入美国医疗保健系统，以提高整体医疗保健水平。他研究了躯体化病人。他在整个生命周期中开发并培训了心理学家进行简短的间歇性心理治疗。意识到需要以证据为基础的行为健康治疗，尼克从 1981 年到 1988 年领导了夏威夷医疗补助项目。尼克曾担任美国心理学会第 81 任主席以及第 12 部门临床心理学和第 29 部门心理治疗的主席. 1988 年，他创立了 American Biodyne，这是一家开创性的分拆式管理精神保健公司，为 50 个州的 1450 万患者提供有效、节省成本的行为保健。尼克于 2020 年 6 月 8 日去世。