As managed care evolves‎,‎ the movement toward the integration of behavioral healthcare services into primary medical practices has begun to gain momentum‎.‎ Primary care providers‎,‎ in general‎,‎ are not professionally equipped to identify and monitor mental health and substance abuse problems‎.‎ Thus‎,‎ behavioral health care professionals have a new opportunity to make the skills and training they bring to primary care practitioners part of the solution of the health care crisis‎.‎ Only recently has the value of the services they have been performing for decades and the need to make them available through formal programs been recognized‎.‎ Addressing opportunity‎,‎ value‎,‎ and need‎,‎ this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the application of psychological screening and assessment instruments in primary care settings‎.‎ It will be an indispensable reference for psychologists and trainees‎,‎ as well as for primary care providers who may want to add to their professional armamentarium the techniques and instruments presented herein‎.‎ The authors‎:‎ * provide a context for the use of psychological assessment instruments and consultation‎;‎ * discuss issues related to integrating psychological testing into primary care settings‎;‎ * describe in detail several brief‎,‎ disease‎-specific‎,‎ and general instruments that those practicing in an integrated delivery system should find useful‎;‎ * present three in‎-depth case studies of primary care organizations in which psychological assessment has been implemented‎;‎ and * take a look at how technology will likely affect and facilitate the use of psychological assessment instruments in primary care settings in the future‎.‎