Psychology and public policy : balancing public service and professional need

Introduction: Reshaping our Views of our Field. Part 1 Co-Evolution of Psychology and Policy a Process with a Purpose Toward a Psychology of Change and Innovation Public Policy and Public Service our Professional Duty Psychology and Public Policy in the "Health Care Revolution" - Legal Policy Analysis and Evaluation Psychology in the Public Interest - What Have we Done, What Can We Do? Part 2 Psychological Science as a Policy Resource: a Renewed Need for Research on the Science of Public Policy On Being Useful the Nature and Consequences of Psychological Research on Social Problems On Getting in Bed with a Lion Social Scientists and Decision-Makers Look at the Usefulness of Mental Health Research the Role of Psychological Research in the Formulation of Policies Affecting Children Making Research Apply - High Stakes Public Policy in a Regulatory Environment. Part 3 Public Health and Public Priorities: Balancing Expertise with Practical Realities Organized Psychology's Efforts to Influence Judicial Policy-Making When Psychology Informs Public Policy - the Case of Early Childhood Psychology and Public Policy - Tool or Toolmaker? How to Influence Public Policy - a Blueprint for Activism Health Psychology in the 21st Century - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome as a Harbinger of Things to Come US Mental Health Policy - Proactive Evolution in the Midst of Health Care Reform. Part 4 Policy Makers: Their View - How the Policy Makers See Us Children and the Congress - a Time to Speak Out Disability and Rehabilitation Research from Policy to Programme - a Personal Perspective Public Policy and the Homeless Psychology Research and NIMH - Opportunities and Challenges Violence Against Women - the Congressional Response and Moving Toward (Self) Recognition as a Public Resource - the Views of a Congressman Psychologist.