Primary Care Consultant The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics

In The Primary Care Consultant editors Larry C. James and Raymond A. Folen survey innovative programs that integrate health psychology into primary health care in the Department of Defense, VA hospitals, and selected specialty settings, offering a view of what lies ahead for psychologists in the expanding world of behavioral health care. Chapter authors describe and illustrate their cutting-edge programs and practices, providing valuable models and insights on how a consultative model works in practice, what technical knowledge health psychologists will need to function in primary care, and what new settings hold promise for the future. Chapters explore how psychologists contribute knowledge of how illness affects psychological and psychosocial functioning, help motivate patients for behavioral changes to enhance health and improve prognosis, and assess for treatment needs. Primary audience: clinical (health services) practitioners, psychologists. Secondary audience: clinical health researchers, program administrators.James, Larry is the author of 'Primary Care Consultant The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics', published 2005 under ISBN 9781591472124 and ISBN 1591472121.