This book explores a vast array of critical services that health psychologists can provide in both the practice and research arenas. Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Overview, Psychology as a Health Care Profession: Its Evolution, The New Structure of Health Care and a Role for Psychology, A Life-Course Perspective on Physical and Psychological Health, Psychologists in Primary Care Settings, Psychologists as Primary Care Practitioners, Psychologists and Pediatricians in Collaborative Practice, Catching Depression in Primary Care Physicians' Offices, Helping Physicians Make Useful Recommendations about Losing Weight, Psychologists in Tertiary Care Settings, Establishing a Role for Psychology in Respiratory Medicine, Health Psychology and the Field of Urology, Touch Therapies for Pain Management and Stress Reduction, Psychologists in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, African American Women and Their Families and HIV/ AIDS, Revolution in Health Promotion: Smoking Cessation as a Case Study, Reducing College Student Binge Drinking: A Harm-Reduction Approach, Psychologists as Health Care Providers, Index.