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

1. See under psychology

Other Word Forms

• clinical psychologist noun

Example Sentences

David Brown said that the parts of ministry his father liked best was counseling, seeing patients, so he went back to Yale and received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1976.

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“Political grief is a very real thing,” says Melissa Flint, PsyD, a professor of clinical psychology at Midwestern University Glendale, noting that it occurs on both individual and collective bases.

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If my sister didn’t have a doctorate in clinical psychology, I still would’ve wanted to tell this story, but I don’t think it would’ve been as good or effective.

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Miranda planned to complete his doctorate in clinical psychology and return to Puerto Rico.

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Yet, at the same time, research in clinical psychology always relies on a test subject’s personal, subjective experience.

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