The branch of psychology that integrates science, theory and practice to understand, predict and alleviate maladjustment, disability and discomfort, working directly with people experiencing psychological distress or mental illness through assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
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Central QuestionHow can psychological science be used to understand, diagnose and relieve psychological distress and mental illness in real patients? 1 Key DebateWhether clinical training should center on the PhD scientist-practitioner model, which integrates research and practice, or the PsyD practitioner-scholar model, which emphasizes clinical theory and direct application, an ongoing tension between research rigor and everyday clinical usefulness. 1 Connections
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Founder of cognitive therapy, one of clinical psychology's major treatment traditions.
Developed person-centered therapy, foundational to clinical practice.
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Source Wikipedia: Elizabeth Jeglic
Source Wikipedia: Existential Therapy
Source Wikipedia: James Cantor
Source Wikipedia: Mary L. Trump
Source Wikipedia: Melanie Klein
Source Wikipedia: Object Relations Theory
Positive psychology emerged in reaction to clinical psychology's historic focus on pathology and treatment, and much of its early research base was clinical.
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Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge aimed at understanding, preventing, and relieving psychological distress or dysfunction as well as promoting well-being and personal growth.
Introduction section, training models
The PhD science-practitioner model (integrating scientific research and practice), and the PsyD practitioner-scholar model (focusing on clinical theory and practice).
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integrates science, theory, and practice to understand, predict, and alleviate maladjustment, disability, and discomfort
Branches of Psychology, Clinical section
It is a branch of psychology focusing on understanding mental illness and looking for the best ways of providing care for individuals, families, and groups.
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It is a reaction against past practices that tended to focus on mental illness and emphasized maladaptive behavior and negative thinking.
Wikipedia: Existential Therapy
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Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy focused on the client's lived experience of their subjective reality.
Wikipedia: Melanie Klein
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Fields Psychoanalysis
Wikipedia: Ronald Fairbairn
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School Psychoanalysis
Wikipedia: Donald Winnicott
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was an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst
Wikipedia: Object Relations Theory
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Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development.
Wikipedia: David Rosenhan
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He is known best for the Rosenhan experiment, a study challenging the validity of psychiatry diagnoses.
Anne Roe (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia article 'Anne Roe' is filed under Category:American clinical psychologists.
Wikipedia: Mary L. Trump
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Wikipedia article 'Mary L. Trump' is filed under Category:American clinical psychologists.
Wikipedia: James Cantor
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Wikipedia article 'James Cantor' is filed under Category:American clinical psychologists.
Wikipedia: Allison Harvey
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Wikipedia article 'Allison Harvey' is filed under Category:Clinical psychologists.
Wikipedia: Elizabeth Jeglic
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Wikipedia article 'Elizabeth Jeglic' is filed under Category:Clinical psychologists.
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