Builds upon the Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (1991), edited by Rozensky, Sweet, and Tovian. Translates research into evidence-based practice recommendations that are geared to real-world patient assessment and treatment and creates practical, hands-on tools that clinicians can directly apply to patient care. This book builds on the excellent foundation provided in the earlier book by addressing areas of overlap and divergence in assessment and intervention skills used across medical settings. The book addresses areas of practice that are unique to various settings, such as understanding the medical culture and reimbursement issues that drive modern practice. In addition to providing a solid update of the evidence, the current book includes practical clinical advice for operationalizing and adapting the existing data to practical applications. In short, this book aims to maintain the strengths of the earlier volume and address the weaknesses of current handbooks.

Christopher L. Hunter, Ph.D., ABPP., is a clinical psychologist and head of the primary care psychology training program at the National Naval Medical Center. Specializing in primary psychological care for military personnel, he is a behavioral health consultant in two internal medicine clinics with more than 20 full-time primary care providers and 40 internal medicine residents. He is the sole primary care behavioral health consultation trainer for the Department of the Navy and trains several psychology interns a year to assess and intervene within this setting. Dr. Hunter is board certified in clinical health psychology and is a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the Society of Air Force Psychologists, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. In 2005 he won the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Christine Hunter, Ph.D., ABPP, is director of behavioral research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, where she manages the extramural behavioral research program for the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. Dr. Hunter advises the Institute on behavioral research directions and serves as a consultant on several public-private partnership or federal partnership committees. She is board certified in clinical health psychology and is a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. In 2005 she was awarded "Psychologist of the Year" by the Office of the Surgeon General. Rodger Kessler, Ph.D., ABPP, is a clinical psychologist who for the past 17 years has been doing research in the area of collaboration between primary health care and mental health care. Dr. Kessler created a five-site medical practice where behavioral health practitioners are located within medical offices so that physicians and behavioral health clinicians can deliver evidence-based, integrated medical psychological care. Dr. Kessler's current research focuses on patient compliance with psychological referral in an integrated practice, and the impact of integrated medical psychological care on medical and cost outcomes. He is board certified in health psychology, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and a past president of the Vermont Psychological Association. Dr. Kessler is currently research assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.