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01-03-2009 | Introduction to the Special Issue
The Train is Leaving the Station: Is Psychology Aboard?
Authors:
Rodger Kessler, Barbara Cubic
Published in:
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
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Issue 1/2009
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Excerpt
This special issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (JCPMS) considers integrated care between psychology and primary care. This is not an altogether new subject, as individual journal papers and a range of books discussing aspects of the subject have been published for years. Strong advocates underscoring the importance of providing effective mental health services in primary care settings, such as Nicholas Cummings, William O’Donohue, Kirk Strosahl, Patricia Robinson, Andrew Pomerantz and Alexander Blount, have been trying to wake up the psychology community for years to the dilemmas created by two silos of health care. …