Clinical Geropsychology and Primary Care: Progress and Prospects

This paper comments on the review by Areán & Ayalon (this issue) and on implications for the further develop-ment of clinical geropsychology in primary care. The review provides an outstanding summary of the impres-sive scientific progress that has occurred in this field over the past decade. Comments focus on prospects for the future of geropsychologists in primary-care settings. Psychologists have been major contributors to research in this area but are not assured of major clinical roles in behavioral healthcare delivery. As a profession, clinical psychology must attend to developing reimbursable clinical roles for psychologists and to training psycholo-gists who are prepared for the challenges of primary-care geropsychology. Key words: primary care, clinical geropsychology