Clinical Psychology as an Applied Science
Author:
- M. B. ShapiroMSM. B. Shapiro
- 1 September 1967
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 113 (502) , 1039-1042
Abstract
The essential function of the clinical psychologist, from the point of view of society as a whole, must be to make available to the Health Service the contribution of the science of psychology. This means much more than the kind of sophistication which stems from an experience of psychiatric disorder and from a study of the psychiatric literature. We will now consider the implications of such an approach for the three main aspects of clinical work: assessment, modification, and research.Keywords
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