Introduction to the special section on the future of health psychology.
Following 25 years of landmark progress, health psychology faces even greater change in the foreseeable future. Evolving patterns of health and illness and developments in medicine and related fields will shape the future of health psychology. The articles in this special section discuss these future issues in several areas: the biopsychosocial model, changes in demographics, prevention, clinical health psychology interventions, health care financing, and new technologies. In every case, the future holds a variety of important challenges and opportunities in research, practice, training, and policy.
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. tim.smith@psych.utah.edu
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D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States