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Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives (HoPC Monograph No 2)

Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives (HoPC Monograph No 2)

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This, the second in a series of monographs published by the Society's History of Psychology Centre, is a comprehensive and informed account of the development of clinical psychology - the largest field of applied psychology in Britain. It identifies key transitions and changes in the work and thinking of clinical psychologists; explores the relationships between disciplinary and professional concerns within their policy, political and economic context; and situates British clinical psychology in relation to wider fields of research and practice in applied psychology in health care.


The Editors: John Hall is Visiting Professor of Mental Health at Oxford Brookes University; David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool; Graham Turpin is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Sheffield University. The production of this book has been generously supported by the Society's Division of Clinical Psychology.


 

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Contents

Preface and acknowledgements

About the contributors

Guide to structure of the book

Part 1: Background

  • Chapter 1 - Introduction
    John Hall, David Pilgrim & Graham Turpin
  • Chapter 2 - Engaging with the views and needs of users of psychological services
    Juliet Foster

Part 2: Contexts

  • Chapter 3 - Psychology in context: From the First World War to the Health Service
    John Stewart
  • Chapter 4 - The emergence of clinical psychology in the British war context
    David Pilgrim & Nimisha Patel
  • Chapter 5 - Professional organisation and communication
    John Hall & Michael Wang
  • Chapter 6 - The political and NHS context
    Anne Richardson
  • Chapter 7 - The development and training of the clinical psychological: From probationers to practitioner doctorates
    Tony Lavender & Graham Turpin
  • Chapter 8 - Colleagues, competitors and offspring: Relationships with other professions
    John Hall
  • Chapter 9 - Clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Hospital: The early years
    William Yule

Part 3: Psychological Roles

  • Chapter 10 - Psychologists as testers
    Katherine Hubbard & Dougal Hare
  • Chapter 11 - Psychologists as researchers
    Susan Llewelyn, Gillian Hardy & Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
  • Chapter 12 - Psychologists in organisations
    Bernard Kat Chapter
  • Psychologists as therapists: An overview
    Glenys Parry
  • Chapter 14 - Psychologists as therapists: The development of behavioural traditions in clinical psychology
    Sarah Marks
  • Chapter 15 - Outside the behavioural tradition: Psychodynamic, humanistic and constructivist therapies in clinical psychology
    David Pilgrim & Glenys

Parry Part 4: Work with Client Groups

  • Chapter 16 - Towards a history of clinical child psychology
    Michael Berger
  • Chapter 17 - Clinical psychology in adult mental health services
    Gillian Bowden, Fabian Davis, Kathy Nairne & Geoff Shepherd
  • Chapter 18 - Intellectual disability: Making sense and making a difference
    Jennifer Clegg
  • Chapter 19 - Neuropsychology
    Alan Collins, Peter Rankin & Tom McMillan
  • Chapter 20 - Clinical psychology with older people
    Bob Woods & Cath Burley
  • Chapter 21 - Clinical health psychology
    Paul Bennett
  • Chapter 22 - Forensic clinical psychology
    Gisli Gudjonsson & Susan Young

Part 5: National and International Perspectives

  • Chapter 23 - Challenging an anglocentric story
    David Griffiths & Roger Young (Wales); Carole Allan (Scotland); Chris McCusker (Northern Ireland); Alan Carr (Republic of Ireland)
  • Chapter 24 - The international context of British clinical psychology
    Steve Melluish, Gary Latchford & Sarah Marks

Part 6: Reflections

  • Chapter 25 - Overview: Recurring themes and continuing challenges
    David Pilgrim, Graham Turpin & John Hall

Appendix 1: - Timeline of events in psychology, abnormal and clinical psychology in Britain 1853-2010

Appendix 2: - Chairs of the Division of Clinical Psychology chapter

Appendix 3: - Presidents of the British Psychological Society who were clinical psychologists, or closely involved with clinical or abnormal psychology

Appendix 4: - Selected workforce data Index

 

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