Introduction to Clinical Psychology 9th Edition

Book Preface

I N T R O D U C T I O N T O C L I N I C A L P S Y C H O L O G Y
Ninth Edition
Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth edition of this bestselling textbook introduces students to clinical psychology as a bridge between science and practice. Extensive revisions since the previous edition have resulted in the most accessible, up-to-date and thematically integrated edition of Introduction to Clinical Psychology yet, while maintaining the authority and accessibility students and instructors have come to rely on.
Updates include:

Three new co-authors who are internationally recognized scholar-practitioners
New emphasis on integrating science and practice, illustrating how psychologists use evidence-based practices to help clients
Addition of the fictional Jackson Family case studies, providing vivid examples of a family confronting numerous mental health challenges
“Thinking Scientifically” sections in each chapter, which break down how students can think critically when presented with conflicting findings and use the existing evidence to draw the most reasonable conclusions
“In Review” tables at the end of each major section prompting students to review the material in that section and test their comprehension
An expanded image program and printed in color for the first time.

Douglas Bernstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, and Courtesy Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. He founded both the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Preconference Institute on the Teaching of Psychology and the APS Preconference Institute on the Teaching of Psychological Science at the biennial APS International Convention of Psychological Science. He was the founding chairman of the APS Fund for the Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science. He served for 30 years as chairman of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. He has won several teaching awards, including the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award.
Bethany Teachman is a professor and Director of Clinical Training at the University of Virginia in the Department of Psychology. Her lab investigates biased thinking that contributes to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, especially anxiety disorders. She is an author of over 175 publications, including books on treatment planning and eating disorders. She has been awarded an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Early Career Award, and she is an Association for Psychological Science and American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Currently, she is Chair of the Coalition for the Advancement and Application of Psychological Science, and received a 2019 Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association.
Bunmi O. Olatunji is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of Clinical Training at Vanderbilt University. He has published more than 160 journal articles and book chapters. He has been the recipient of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 12 David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology, the Association for the Advancement of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies New Researcher Award, and the APA Division 12 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology. He is also a recent recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. This award recognizes excellent psychologists who are at early stages of their research careers.
Scott O. Lilienfeld is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, and Visiting Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne (Australia). His primary areas of interest are personality and personality disorders, individual differences in cognitive bias propensity, evidence-based practice in clinical psychology, psychiatric classification, and applications of scientific thinking to psychology. He is (twice) past-president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology and the recipient of several awards, including the James McKeen Cattell Award for Lifetime Contributions to Applied Psychological Science from the Association for Psychological Science and the Ernst R. Hilgard Award for Lifetime Career Contributions to General Psychology from Division 1 (General Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. He is the author or co-author of over a dozen books, including 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology (Wiley) and Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding (Pearson).

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Significant Dates and Events in the History of Clinical Psychology
1 What Is Clinical Psychology?
2 Clinical Psychology’s Past, Present, and Future
3 Basic Features of Clinical Assessment, Classification, and Diagnosis
4 Interviewing and Observation in Clinical Psychology
5 Testing in Clinical Psychology
6 Basic Features of Clinical Interventions
7 Research on Clinical Intervention
8 Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic Psychotherapies 9 Cognitive, Behavioral, and Acceptance-Based Psychotherapies 10 Delivering Mental Health Services
11 Clinical Psychology for Youth and Older Adults
12 Clinical Psychology, Health, and Well-Being

13 Clinical Neuropsychology
14 Forensic Psychology
15 Training and Practice Issues in Clinical Psychology 16 Getting into Graduate School in Clinical Psychology

References

Answer Key

Name Index

Subject Index