Synopses & Reviews
This exciting new text gives students an appreciation of the field of clinical psychology as an applied science by teaching them the history and future of the field as well as ethical dilemmas facing psychologists today.
Highlights:
- Keeps students engaged with an accessible writing style and interesting examples to illustrate key points.
- Each chapter of the text includes a "Focus on Ethics" section that discusses a particular ethical issue and its resolution in detail.
- Discusses the history of clinical psychology, including important historical figures and issues, to give students a better understanding of how the past has affected the present and future of the field.
- This is the only Introductory Clinical Psychology text that devotes an entire chapter to biological models, helping students develop an understanding of the biological bases of psychopathology.
Synopsis
This introductory textbook gives students an appreciation of the field of clinical psychology as an applied science by teaching them the history and future of the field as well as ethical dilemmas facing psychologists today.
It is organized around four key themes:
Science: the text analyzes and critiques research and practice in clinical psychology from a scientific perspective.
Controversies: the text examines the conflict and controversies that continue to shape the discipline of Psychology.
Currency: the text surveys the field of contemporary clinical psychology.
Ethics: the text discusses ethical dilemmas faced by clinical psychologists in every chapter.
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Synopsis
This text provides a broad overview of Clinical Psychology that introduces students to this interesting, diverse, and expanding discipline. The text approaches clinical psychology in 4 main ways:
- Emphasis upon science—the text examines and critiques research and practice in clinical psychology from a scientific perspective.
- Emphasis upon controversies—The field of psychology was shaped by controversies; this text examines the conflict and controversies that continue to shape the discipline.
- Emphasis upon contemporary clinical psychology—the text examines the field of contemporary clinical psychology.
- Emphasis upon ethics—every chapter discusses ethical dilemmas faced by clinical psychologists.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Foundations.
2. History and Recent Developments.
3. Psychological Models in Clinical Psychology.
4. Biological Models in Clinical Psychology.
5. General Issues in Psychological Assessment.
6. Clinical Interviewing.
7. Intellectual and Educational Assessment.
8. Personality Assessment.
9. Behavioral Assessment.
10. Psychotherapy: Research Issues and Efficacy.
11.Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
12. Humanistic, Experimental, and Family Therapies.
13. Cognitive Behavioral Interventions.
14. Clinical Neuropsychology.
15. Clinical Health Psychology.
16. Forensic Psychology.
Epilogue: Conclusion and Future Directions.
Appendix A: American Psychological Associations Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct.
Appendix B: A Review of Statistical and Psychometric Concepts.
References.
Author Index.
Subject index.