clinical psychology
Mental health field
Clinical psychology is the branch of psychology focused on diagnosing and treating mental illness, emotional disturbance, and behavioral problems.
Clinical psychologists use talk therapy, psychological testing, and other interventions to help patients—distinguishing them from psychiatrists, who are medical doctors and can prescribe medication.
She's in a clinical psychology doctoral program.
Identification of illness
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- psychometricsPsychological measurement science
- testingExamining to evaluate
- neuropsychologicalBrain-behavior relationship study
MMPI · Rorschach · projective · standardized · DSM · ICD · intake · self-report
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
OCD · phobias · addiction · trauma · dissociation · psychosis · neurosis · panic
Professional guidance for problems
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
- EMDRTrauma therapy using eye movements
humanistic · sessions · transference · countertransference · evidence-based · outcomes · client-centered · termination
Official permission to practice
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- APAPsychology organization's format
confidentiality · doctoral · internship · practicum · malpractice · boundaries · hospital · consultation
Mental knowledge acquisition
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
attribution · rumination · memory · problem-solving · mindfulness · cognitive-behavioral · self-talk
Learned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- operantProducing an effect
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
desensitization · exposure · stimulus-response · shaping · modeling · biofeedback · self-monitoring · flooding
Based on observation, not theory
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- longitudinalAlong the longer dimension
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
qualitative · replication · publication · methodology · sample · validity · reliability · experimental
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- psychometricsPsychological measurement science
- testingExamining to evaluate
neuropsychological · MMPI · Rorschach · projective · standardized · DSM · ICD · intake · self-report · norm-referenced
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
PTSD · OCD · phobias · addiction · trauma · dissociation · psychosis · neurosis · panic · comorbidity
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
EMDR · humanistic · sessions · transference · countertransference · evidence-based · outcomes · client-centered · termination
licensure
Official permission to practice
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
APA · confidentiality · doctoral · internship · practicum · malpractice · boundaries · hospital · consultation · multidisciplinary
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- reframingChanging interpretive context
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
metacognition · attribution · rumination · memory · problem-solving · mindfulness · cognitive-behavioral · self-talk
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- operantProducing an effect
classical · desensitization · exposure · stimulus-response · shaping · modeling · biofeedback · self-monitoring · flooding
empirical
Based on observation, not theory
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- longitudinalAlong the longer dimension
quantitative · qualitative · replication · publication · methodology · sample · validity · reliability · experimental
- mental healthpsychiatry, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist, therapists
- psychologytherapist, psychiatrist, neuropsychology, memory, learning
- social sciencessociology, anthropology, economics, political science, criminology
- behavioral sciencesbehaviorism, behavioral economics, behavioral genetics, consumer behavior, ethology
- Psychology HistoryFreud, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jung, William James
- subdisciplinesbiochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, cell biology, genetics
clinical psychologypsychiatry
Mental health medicine
neurology · psychopharmacology · neuropsychiatry · surgery · faith healing
clinical psychologybasic research
Study seeking knowledge, not products
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