clinical psychology

noun

1. the branch of psychology dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of personality and behavioral disorders.

clinical psychology

noun

1. the branch of psychology that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation

clinical psychology

/ klĭn′ĭ-kəl /

1. See under psychology

Other Words From

• clinical psychologist noun

Example Sentences

As the founder and director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia University, where I am a professor in clinical psychology, I think about the importance of those struggles to people’s lives a lot.

From Nautilus

He transferred to the University of Alabama to study clinical psychology, which was not available at Clark.

From Time

He was entirely devoid of patients, and was living on the anticipated gains of a great work on Clinical Psychology.

From Project Gutenberg

During the past three decades, clinical psychology and its less formal cousin, counseling, have also undergone noticeable change.

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In that time, psychiatry, clinical psychology, and counseling have changed a good deal.

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