Work, Health, Diversity, and Social Justice

Abstract

We are pleased to read the thoughtful, insightful, and helpful reactions by Blustein, Catraio, Coutinho, and Murphy (2008 [this issue]), Chwalisz (2008 [this issue]), Conyers (2008 [this issue]), and Elliott and Johnson (2008 [this issue]) to our articles in this issue of The Counseling Psychologist on integrating health psychology, vocational psychology, multicultural psychology, and social justice (Maguire, McNally, Britton, Werth, & Borges, 2008 [this issue]; Werth, Borges, McNally, Maguire, & Britton, 2008a [this issue], 2008b [this issue]). We are honored that such an esteemed group of experts agreed to review and critique our Major Contribution. These colleagues' comments and suggestions are welcome contributions to our articles as well as to the literature in this area, and they offer significant implications for counseling psychology in terms of training, research, and practice. In this brief response, we highlight several ideas generated by our reading of the reaction articles, and we summarize the recurring themes in the commentaries. THE INCREASING NEED TO ADDRESS CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONSSeveral of the reaction articles noted that although we highlighted HIV disease, the number of people who have or will have one or more chronic