The great ideas of clinical science
Subtitle: 17 principles that every mental health professional should understand
By: edited by Scott O. Lilienfeld and William T. O'Donohue.
Contributors: Lilienfeld, Scott O., 1960-; O'Donohue, William T.
Publisher: Routledge; Brunner-Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780415950381
Subjects: Clinical psychology.; Psychology, Clinical.; Research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science is an essential safeguard against human error / William T. O'Donohue, Scott O. Lilienfeld, and Katherine A. Fowler; title: The clinician as subject: practitioners are prone to the same judgment errors as everyone else / John Ruscio; title: Decision research can increase the accuracy of clinical judgment and thereby improve patient care / David Faust; title: Psychometrics: better measurement makes better clinicians / James M. Wood, Howard N. Garb, M. Teresa Nezworski; title: Classification provides an essential basis for organizing mental disorders / Roger K. Blashfield, Danny R. Burgess; title: Psychotherapy outcome can be studied scientifically / Gordon L. Paul; title: Clinical case studies are important in the science and practice of psychotherapy / Gerald C. Davison and Arnold A. Lazarus; title: Treatment and assessment take place in an conomic context, always / Nicholas A. Cummings; title: Evolution-based learning mechanisms can contribute to both adaptive and problematic behavior / William Timberlake; title: Behavior genetic approaches are integral for understanding the etiology of psychopathology / Irwin D. Waldman; title: Evolutionary theory provides a framework for understanding abnormal behavior / Richard J. Siegert and Tony Ward; title: Personality traits are essential for a complete clinical science / Allan R. Harkness; title: The cognitive neuroscience perspective allows us to understand abnormal behavior at multiple levels of complexity / Steven S. Ilardi, Kevin Rand, and Leslie Karwoski; title: Early developmental processes inform the study of mental disorders / Erin C. Tully and Sherryl H. Goodman; title: Mental and physical health influence each other / Neil Schneiderman and Scott D. Siegel; title: Some forms of psychopathology are partly socially constructed / Steven Jay Lynn ... [et al.]; title: Cultural factors influence the expression of psychopathology / Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton and Jeanne L. Tsai; title: The great ideas of clinical science redux : revisiting our intellectual roots / Scott O. Lilienfeld and William T. O'Donohue.