Aiming the text at psychology students who expect to be working in clinical medical settings, Cohen (Texas Tech U.), McChargue (U. of Illinois at Chicago), and Collins (Oklahoma State U.) present 28 chapters that review the relevant literature on basic practices of medical psychology; the treatment of behavioral problems; behavioral aspects of medical conditions; and special issues such as ethics, special populations, and research in medical settings. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR More Reviews and Recommendations

Frank L. Collins, Jr., is Professor/Director of Clinical Training at Oklahoma State University's Clinical Psychology Program. He has held academic and clinical positions at Rush Medical College and West Virginia University. Over the years, he has provided behavioral medicine services for patients with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, cancer, and neurological disorders. His current research focuses on behavioral economic theories of substance abuse, particularly studies of nicotine dependence.Dennis E. McChargue holds a joint appointment at the University of Illinois-Chicago as a Research Assistant Professor and at the Edwards Hines Jr. VA Hospital as a Health Research Scientist. His research examines biobehavioral factors associated with treatment of smokers with co-morbid psychopathology. His research on the influence of negative moods on nicotine-dependent individuals with a history of depression is funded by the NIH and Department of Veterans Affairs. He conducted two years of postdoctoral training at U.I.-Chicago focusing on pharmacological and behavioral treatment of nicotine-dependent people with co-morbid depression. He also completed an internship at the Boston University/Boston VAMC Consortium on treatment of substance abuse patients with co-morbid PTSD.Lee M. Cohen is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Texas Tech University. He completed graduate training in clinical psychology at Oklahoma State University and was subsequently funded by NIH/NIDA, which led to a Postdoctoral Fellowship specializing in behavioral medicine at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. While there, heparticipated in collaborative research regarding adult and adolescent smoking cessation interventions and consulted to physicians in a primary care clinic setting to assist in management of patients' medical problems with focus on prevention, education, and behavioral management of a number of health problems.

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