Psychology, Clinical
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Clinical utility and DSM-V.

30 Aug 2009 The construction of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual has been guided primarily by concerns of construct validity rather than of clinical utility, despite claims by its authors that the highest priority has in fact been ... Read more...

On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology.

30 Aug 2009 The authors argue for a significant shift in how clinical psychology researchers conduct construct validation and theory validation tests. They argue that sound theory and validation tests can best be conducted on measures of unidimensional or ... Read more...

Current assessment practice, personality measurement, and rorschach usage by psychologists.

30 Aug 2009 In this study, we investigated current personality assessment practice and attitudes toward Rorschach (Exner, 2003) usage by 215 psychologists. We administered an Internet survey to members of the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) and the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychology, Clinical'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical utility and DSM-V. 30 Aug 2009
• On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology. 30 Aug 2009
• Current assessment practice, personality measurement, and rorschach usage by psychologists. 30 Aug 2009
• Core attitudes of professionals in palliative care: a qualitative study. 30 Jul 2009
• Social and emotional wellbeing training of psychiatrists in Victoria: preliminary communication. 30 Jul 2009
• [Psychic work and touch-massage in the management of the elderly person] 29 Jun 2009
• [10/12. The psychologist in geriatrics] 29 Jun 2009
• Mental health problems of men attending district-level clinical psychology services in South Africa. 30 May 2009
• Implementation of Indigenous mental health training in Victoria. 30 May 2009
• The practice of psychological science: searching for Cronbach's two streams in social-personality psychology. 30 May 2009
• Teaching psychology to jurists: initiatives and reactions prior to World War I. 29 Apr 2009
• [The role of psychologist in clinic of acute poisonings] 29 Apr 2009
• Understanding panic disorder in chronic respiratory disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Early psychotherapy processes: an examination of client and trainee clinician perspective convergence. 29 Apr 2009
• Effects of graduate clinicians' personal therapy on therapeutic alliance. 29 Apr 2009
• Viewpoint: conversation with Steve Sussman, PhD. Interviewed by Jeffrey S. Hallam, and M Christine Nagy. 29 Apr 2009
• Personal coaching as a positive intervention. 29 Apr 2009
• Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis. 29 Apr 2009
• Growth consulting: practical methods of facilitating growth through loss and adversity. 29 Apr 2009
• Positive interventions in clinical practice. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychology, Clinical'

Definition: The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behavior disorders.

Descriptor UI: D011586

Alternative terms: Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Psychology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.096.628.579;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: PSYCHOL CLIN