Eliminate disparities in mental health status and mental health care through the use of psychological and behavioral research and services that are culturally and linguistically competent.Discuss the following in 150 words with intext citations and references.Discussion 1 – Explore contemporary issues in clinical psychology.Discussion 2 – Discuss the future of clinical psychology as a profession.Discussion 3 – How do health care reform and managed care affect clinical psychology?Discussion 4 – Below you will find the link to the APA response to the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act: http://www.apa.org/news/press/statements/affordable-care-act.aspxDiscussion 5 – APA Health Care Priorities: Records Privacy and SecurityBelow you will find a link to one of the APA health care priorities, Records Privacy and Security: Priority: Include strong privacy and security records protection in the development of health information technology, with special attention to mental health recordshttp://www.apa.org/health-reform/privacy-security.htmlDiscussion 6 – APA Health Care Priorities: Psychological ResearchBelow you will find a link to one of the APA health care priorities, Psychological Research: Priority: Increase federal funding for basic and translational psychological and behavioral research and training to develop and evaluate empirically based treatments to improve health carehttp://www.apa.org/health-reform/psychology-research.htmlDiscussion 7 – APA Health Care Priorities: Elimination of Health Care DisparitiesBelow you will find a link to one of the APA health care priorities, Elimination of Health Disparities:Priority: Eliminate disparities in mental health status and mental health care through the use of psychological and behavioral research and services that are culturally and linguistically competenthttp://www.apa.org/health-reform/health-disparities.htmlDiscussion 8 – APA Health Care Priorities: Prevention and WellnessBelow you will find the link to on of the APA health care priorities, Prevention and Wellness: Priority: Integrate mental and behavioral health care into primary care and other health-care services