Clinical Psychology: Assessment, Treatment, and Research

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David C.S. Richard, Steven K. Huprich
Academic Press, Sep 2, 2011 - Psychology - 576 pages

Clinical Psychology is a graduate-level introduction to the field of clinical psychology. While most textbooks focus on either assessment, treatment, or research, this textbook covers all three together specifically for the introductory level graduate course.

Chapter coverage is diverse and contributors come from both PhD and PsyD programs and a variety of theoretical orientations. Chapter topics cover the major activities of the contemporary clinical psychologist with an introduction focusing on training models. The book has a mentoring style designed to highlight the relevance of the topics discussed to clinicians in training. Assessment and treatment chapters focus on evidence-based practice, comparing and contrasting different options, the basis for clinical choice between them, and efficacy of same. It will also introduce the business and ethical aspects of the clinical career that current introductory books do not include, such ethics in assessment, treatment, and research; third party payers; technological developments; dissemination of research findings; cross-cultural issues; and the future of the profession.

The text is designed for students in their first year of clinical psychology graduate training.

  • Includes assessment, treatment, and practice issues
  • Compares and contrasts different therapeutic styles
  • Exemplifies practical application through case studies
  • Focuses on evidence-based practice
  • Orients future clinicians to contemporary issues facing psychological practices
 

Contents

Professional Psychology Education and Training Models Sequence and Current Issues
1
Ethics in Assessment Treatment and Research
31
Assessment of Intelligence Achievement and Adaptive Behavior
51
Psychological Diagnosis
71
Assessment of Personality
91
Behavioral Assessment and Functional Analysis
113
Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology Assessment
143
Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
181
Child Family and Couples Therapy
329
Clinical Health Psychology
351
Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy
379
Empirically Supported Treatments and Comparative Psychotherapy Outcome Research
401
Program Evaluation and Clinical Psychology
425
Diversity Issues in Clinical Psychology
449
Clinical Psychology Practice
477
Dissemination of Research Findings
495

Interpersonal Psychotherapy
215
Behavior Therapy and Behavior Analysis Overview and ThirdGeneration Perspectives
249
CognitiveBehavioral Therapy Breadth Range and Diversity
281
Existential and Humanistic Psychotherapies
309
The Future of the Profession
525
Index
555
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