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Definition of Clinical psychology

1. Noun. The branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior.

Definition of Clinical psychology

1. Noun. (psychology) A branch of psychology with purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development. ¹

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Medical Definition of Clinical psychology

1. A branch of psychology that specialises in both discovering new knowledge and in applying the art and science of psychology to persons with emotional or behavioural disorders; subspecialties include clinical child psychology and paediatric psychology. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Clinical psychology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Applied Psychology by American Psychological Association, American Association for Applied Psychology (1918)
"It is my impression that so-called clinical psychology is more advanced in many ... On the other hand, preparation for clinical psychology is now being ..."

2. The Mental Health of the School Child: The Psycho-educational Clinic in by John Edward Wallace Wallin (1914)
"... namely, the sciences of experimental pedagogy, experimental psycho-pathology (with psycho-therapy) and clinical psychology (or better \ still, perhaps, ..."

3. Community-based Interventions For Smokers: The Commit Field Experience by Beti Thompson, David M. Burns, William R. Lynn, Donald Shopland (2004)
"Journal of Consulting and clinical psychology 49: 659-667, 1981. Glasgow, RE, Terborg, J. Occupational health promotion programs to reduce cardiovascular ..."

4. The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviorsby Diana H. Fishbein by Diana H. Fishbein (2000)
"Journal of Consulting & clinical psychology, 33, 307—316. Holden, JM, Itil, TM, ... Journal of clinical psychology, 21, 65—71. Horger, BA & Roth, RH (1996). ..."

5. Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council (2005)
"D.) degrees, the category of clinical psychology is included but not the other practice- oriented fields. Appendix C lists the fields included in the ..."

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