title: Behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology: introduction to the special issue.
abstract: This issue represents the 4th Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology special issue on behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology over the past 4 decades. Recent developments in health care policy, as well as in the maturation of the science, make a special issue in this area particularly timely. This collection includes state of the clinical science reviews, reports of clinical trials, and articles addressing theory and methods in behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology. A multilevel, ecological perspective that considers multiple levels of influences (e.g., cultural influences on behavior-health linkages, individual differences) is salient throughout many of the articles. Our hope is that this sampling of this broad field, and coverage of some key issues and areas, will play a role in stimulating the next 10 years of research, practice, and policy implementation in behavioral medicine and clinical health psychology.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology, The University of Iowa, IA 52242-1409, USA. alan-christensen@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Arthur M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nezu
mesh_terms: D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*