The Clinical Psychologist: Background, Roles, and Functions

ISBN-13: 9780202362700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 384 str.

Bernard Lubin; Eugene Levitt

Opis

Clinical psychology is the largest of psychological specialization in the United States. It deals most often and most directly with public health and welfare in government agencies, universities, hospitals, clinics, and private industries and organizations. This volume describes the nature and function of the clinician, traces the evolution of the field, and devines workable training procedures. This collection presents an overview of the major aspects of the field, defining the history and professional role of the clinical psychologist. The volume includes the historic Shakow Report, as well as major essays illuminating significant developments in the field. The editors have systematically organized the contributions into the categories of history, training, roles and functions, inter-professional relations and communications, the practice of clinical psychology outside the United States, and general information of particular use to those training in clinical psychology. In this practical and useful volume, the professional in clinical psychology will find a complete, one-volume sourcebook on his field. The student who has elected to specialize in clinical psychology or is considering this move will find it useful to gain a perspective on the development of the field. Those outside clinical psychology- psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and all mental health specialists-will find practical information that can assist them in their professional roles.

Spis treści

I: Historical Perspectives; 1: A Brief History of Clinical Psychology; 2: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis of Some Broad Trends in Clinical Psychology; 3: Recommended Graduate Training Program in Clinical Psychology; II: Training And Background; 4: Current Characteristics of the Education of Clinical Psychologists; 5: Current Clinical Training Practices: An Overview; 6: Previous Conferences on Graduate Education in Psychology: A Summary and Review; 7: Conference on the Professional Preparation of Clinical Psychologists: A Summary; 8: Integrating Scientific and Professional Training at the Graduate Level; 9: Training Psychologists for the Therapeutic Community; 10: Graduate Training in Community Mental Health; 11: A Postdoctoral Residency Program in Clinical Psychology; 12: Survey of Psychotherapy Training and Activities of Psychologists; 13: A Declaration of Independence for Psychology; III: Roles And Functions; 14: Mental Health and the American Psychological Association; 15: Toward an Understanding of Clinical Psychology; 16: The Role of Diagnostic Evaluation in Clinical Psychology; 17: The Practice of Psychological Testing in Clinical Services in the United States 1; 18: Intensive Treatment of Psychotic Behaviour by Stimulus Satiation and Food Reinforcement; 19: Research in Clinical Psychology; 20: Psychologists in Medical Education: 1964; 21: The Role of Psychologists in University Counseling and Psychotherapy; 22: The Hospital Psychologist—Present Problems and Future Solutions; 23: The Psychologist’

O autorze

Eugene E. Levitt