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What is Clinical PsychologyIntroduction to Clinical Psychology
Discussion Section #1
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Clinical Psychology.
is not limited to therapy and assessment
Focus of this course: Review of assessment
Review of therapies
Review of additional roles in clinicalpsychology
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American Psychological
Association (APA) 1. Society for General Psychology
2. Society for the Teaching of Psychology
3. Experimental Psychology
4. There is no Division 4 [more info]5. Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
6. Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology7. D
evelopmental Psychology
8. Society for Personality and Social Psychology
9. Society for the PsychologicalStudy ofSocial Issues
(SPSSI)
10.Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity
and
the Arts11. There is no Division 11 [more info]12.Society of Clinical Psych
ology
13.Society of Consulting Psychology
14.Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
15. Educational Psychology
16.School Psychology
17.Society of Counseling Psychology
18. Psychologists in Public Service
19.Society for Military Psychology
20. Adult Development and Aging
21. Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
22. Rehabilitation Psychology
23.Society for Consumer Psychology
24.Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
25. Behavior Analysis
26.Society for the History of Psychology
27.Society for Community Research and Action: Divisionof
Community Psychology
28. Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
29. Psychotherapy
30.Society of Psychological Hypnosis
31.State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological
Association Affairs32. Humanistic Psychology
33. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities34. Population and Environmental Psychology
35.Society for the Psychology of Women
36. Psychology of Religion
37. Child, Youth, and Family Services
38. Health Psychology
39. Psychoanalysis
40. Clinical Neuropsychology
41. American Psychology-LawS
ociety
42. Psychologists in Independent Practice
43. Family Psychology
44.Society for the PsychologicalStudy of Lesbian, Gay,and
Bisexual Issues45.Society for the PsychologicalStudy of Ethnic Minority
Issues46. Media Psychology
47. Exercise and Sport Psychology
48.Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence:
Peace Psychology Division
49. Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy50
. Addictions51.Society for the PsychologicalStudy of Men and
Masculinity
52. International Psychology53
. Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
54.Society of Pediatric Psychology55.
American Society for the Advancement ofPharmacot
herapy
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Division 12: Society of Clinical
PsychologyDefinition of clinical psychology offered by Division12:
The field of Clinical Psychology integrates science,theory, and practice to understand, predict, andalleviate maladjustment, and personaldevelopment.
Clinical Psychology focuses on the intellectual,
emotional, biological, psychological, social, andbehavioral aspects of human functioning acrossthe lifespan, in varying cultures, and at alleconomic levels.
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What is Clinical Psychology?
General Characteristics
Activities and Work Settings of Clinical
Psychologists Distinguishing Clinical Psychology from
Related Professions
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Clinical Psychology:
General CharacteristicsEmphasizes:
Science
Maladjustment Individual
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Emphasis on Science
Clinical psychology, as a subdiscipline within
the science psychology, adheres to two
important assumptions of science:
Determinism-events have determinable
causes
Empiricism-events must be observable
and measurable
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Emphasis on Maladjustment
The concern is with the scientific
understanding of abnormal behavior and
emotional suffering
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Emphasis on the Individual
Clinical psychology uses research
information gathered in groups of people
to guide their work with individiuals
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Emphasis on Helping
Clinical psychologists help people in
psychological distress
Historically, helping was not the firstemphasis of clinical psychology. Any
guesses about the first emphasis of
clinical psychology?
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Activities and Work Settings Of
Clinical Psychologists Research
Teaching
Psychotherapy Assessment
Consultation
Administration
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsTraining of a Clinical Psychologist Undergraduate (typical): focus on psychology
4 (or more) years of graduate course work
Masters thesis or equivalent
Practicum training
Qualifying exam
Dissertation Internship (typically one year)
State Licensing exam
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsPsychiatry Undergraduate: focus on biology or
chemistry
Medical school (one year)
Internship (one year)
Residency, specialty in psychiatry
(three years)
Board exams
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsLast step in training in
Clinical Psychology
Defend the
dissertation
Last step in training in
becoming a physician
Take the Hippocratic
oath
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Clinical Psychology vs. Psychiatry
Clinical Psychologists
Learn to think as
researchers
To evaluate findings
To defend their views
by citing data
Psychiatrists.
Learn facts and use
this knowledge to
understand and treatpatients
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Overlap of Clinical Psychology and
PsychiatryBoth
Diagnose
Treat using therapy (although training inpsychotherapy is more heavily
emphasized for clinical psychologists)
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsCounseling Psychology Most similar to clinical psychology
Training about the same
Counseling psychologists tend to deal withproblems of adjustment in healthy individuals
Historically counseling psychologists workedwithin university counseling centers
In last few decades, they have expanded theirwork setting to include private practice
The valid distinction between the two fields isfading
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsSchool Psychology
Typically have a masters level of training
Typically work in school settings Significant emphasis on
testing/assessment
Consultation with schools to improvelearning environments
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Distinguishing Clinical Psychology
from Related ProfessionsSocial Work
M.S.W. (2 years of post B.A. training)emphasizing clinical work
Typically focus on working with the poor anddisenfranchised segments of the population
Work in settings dealing with many aspects of apatients life and care such as social security,housing, food stamps, Medicare, arrangements
for nursing homes, and foster care placement Emphasis on therapy, but not diagnostic training
or emphasis on research
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Summary: What is Clinical
Psychology
The field of Clinical Psychology integrates
science, theory, and practice tounderstand, predict, and alleviate
maladjustment, and personal
development.