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A History of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

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It is impossible to understand the history of clinical health psychology without first describing some developments in mainstream clinical psychology, psychiatry, and medicine in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. So we will start with those and then shift to health psychology and clinical health psychology, in particular. The second major section will discuss issues about generalist versus specialist training and the role of the clinical health psychologist in primary and specialist medical care as they have evolved over time.

The opinions expressed herein and the interpretation and reporting of these data are the responsibility of the author(s) and in no way should be seen as an official recommendation, interpretation, or policy of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, or the US Government.

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  1. VA Iowa City Health Care System, CADRE (152), 601 Highway 6 West, 52246-2208, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Mark Vander Weg

  2. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

    Mark Vander Weg

  3. Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive MSC 9764, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Jerry Suls Ph.D.

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    Christine M. Hunter

  2. Patient-Centered Medical Home Branch, Clinical Support Division, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

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  3. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc., Montpelier, Vermont, USA

    Rodger Kessler

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Vander Weg, M., Suls, J. (2014). A History of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. In: Hunter, C., Hunter, C., Kessler, R. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09817-3_2

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