Clinical Psychology: An Introduction

1. Clinical Psychology: An Introduction Mario Olavarria, Psy.D.

2. Clinical Psychology: An Introduction

3. What is Clinical Psychology • The field of clinical psychology involves research, teaching, and services relevant to the applications of principles, methods and procedures for understanding, predicting and alleviating intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social and behavioral maladjustment, disability and discomfort, applied to a wide range of client population. – Resnick, 1991

4. What is Clinical Psychology American Psychological Association

5. Closely Related Mental Health Professions • Psychiatrists • Counseling Psychologists • Psychiatric Social Workers • Mental Health Counselor • Marriage and Family • School Psychoogist • Rehabilitation Psychologists • Health Psychologists

8. Clinical Psychologist • Clinician’s Activities • Table 1-1 • Employment Settings • Table 1-2

11. ART or SCIENCE • Nomothetic approach • Research approach • Focuses on group differences that occur as a function of some experimental treatment or manipulation. • To abstract general principles of behavior from observation • Idiographic approach • Clinical Approach • Focuses on individual differences • Subjective approach

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