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examine the ways in which health care and health care policy in the US have changed over time / look at how psychology has responded, in turn, shaping the system / consider the implications of this history for the current and future direction of psychology as a field and for individual practitioners / illuminate the current status of psychology as an evolving, health care profession, by examining some of the forces acting on it / consider the implications for the future path of our profession
psychology and mental health policy / a brief history of health care [managed care and cost containment, mangaged care and mental health] / integrated delivery systems / health psychology / psychology as a health care profession / policy recommendations / the challenge to psychology (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)