The Primary Care Consultant: The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781591472124)

In The Primary Care Consultant: The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics, 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, how to make telehealth applications effective, 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 (for example, uncover cognitive deterioration that might suggest central nervous system problems). professionals and in men's health care, the book demonstrates specifically how a biopsychosocial model is applied to working with specific populations.

Author: Larry C. James
ISBN-10: 1591472121
ISBN-13: 9781591472124
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 317
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 10.24h x 7.34w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram PTR 06/01/2005 pg. 62