| The Primary Care Consultant: The Next Frontier for Psychologists in Hospitals and Clinics Contributor(s): James, Larry C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591472121 ISBN-13: 9781591472124 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Dewey: 616.001 |
| LCCN: 2004016291 |
| Series: Application and Practice in Health Psychology |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.34" W x 10.24" (1.73 lbs) 317 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |