This engaging, readable guidebook is written for clinical graduate students or practicing psychologists who wish to develop special expertise in clinical health psychology. It identifies the core content of the field, offers insider advice regarding professional roles and protocol, describes effective assessment and intervention strategies, explores ethical issues, and practice and ideas for navigating around them. This revised edition updates resource listings, provides new information about training programs, and offers up-to-date advice on ethics and malpractice.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Clinical Health Psychology
Becoming a Clinical Health Psychologist
Clinical Health Psychology Assessment
Intervention Strategies in Clinical Health Psychology
Special Issues in Assessment and Intervention
Ethical Issues in the Practice of Clinical Health Psychology
Malpractice Risks in Clinical Health Psychology
Future Issues for Clinical Health Psychology
Appendices
Journals Relevant to Clinical Health Psychology
Medical Abbreviations
Professional and Disease-Specific Organizations
Medical Problems That Present With Psychological Symptoms
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
Author Bios
Cynthia D. Belar received her PhD in clinical psychology from Ohio University in 1974 after an internship at Duke University Medical Center. From 1974 to 1984, she was on the faculty of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida Health Science Center, where she developed the Pain and Stress Management Laboratory as well as the medical psychology service and training components of the doctoral and internship programs. From 1983 to 1990, she served as chief psychologist and clinical director of behavioral medicine for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Los Angeles.
She is currently director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at the University of Florida, president-elect of the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and chairman of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology. Her research has been in the areas of pain, stress management, and biofeedback.
William W. Deardorff received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Washington State University in 1985, after an internship at the University of Washington Medical School. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Los Angeles.
He is board certified in health psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Psychology and is currently serving as the organization's president. He is in private practice with a multidisciplinary group specializing in disorders of the spine. His research and clinical interests include pain, psychological factors in medical disorders, psychological preparation for surgery, and legal and ethical issues in clinical health psychology practice.
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