Preface
Acknowledgments
Appendices
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
Cynthia D. Belar received her doctorate in clinical
psychology from Ohio University in Athens in 974 after an
internship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North
Carolina. From 974 to 984, she was on the faculty of the Department
of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Florida
Health Science Center in Gainesville, where she developed the Pain
and Stress Management Laboratory as well as the medical psychology
service and training components of the doctoral and internship
programs. From 983 to 99 , she served as chief psychologist and
clinical director of behavioral medicine for the Kaiser Permanente
Medical Care Program, Los Angeles, California. From 99 to 2 , she
served as director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology
at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has served as
chair of the Association of Postdoctoral and Psychology Internship
Programs, chair of the Council of University Directors of Clinical
Psychology, president of the American Board of Clinical Health
Psychology, and president of the American Psychological
Association's (APA) Division 38 (Health Psychology). Her research
has been in the areas of pain, stress management, biofeedback, and
reproductive endocrinology. She is currently the executive director
of the APA Education Directorate and professor emerita at the
University of Florida.
William W. Deardorff received his doctorate in clinical
psychology from Washington State University in Pullman in 985 after
an internship at the University of Washington Medical School in
Seattle. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical
health psychology at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program,
Los Angeles, California. He is board certified in clinical health
psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, is a
fellow of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Division
38 (Health Psychology) and Division 42 (Independent Practice), and
is on the clinical faculty of the University of California, Los
Angeles, School of Medicine. He is the coauthor of several books,
including Preparing for Surgery ( 997), Win the Battle Against Back
Pain ( 99 ), Back Pain Remedies for Dummies ( 999), and The
Psychology of Spine Surgery (2 3). He is one of the few
psychologist amp ndash members of the North American Spine Society
(NASS) and the National Association of Spine Specialists. As part
of NASS, he is a member of the Outcome Measures task force, the
Research Project Management committee, and the Scientific Review
committee for the national professional meeting. He also serves on
the medical advisory board for http://www.Spine-Health.com. Dr.
Deardorff is in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with
a multidisciplinary group specializing in disorders of the
spine.
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