Clinical Psychology: A Modern Health Profession

Clinical Psychology: A Modern Health Profession
ISBN-10
0132397277
ISBN-13
9780132397278
Series
Clinical Psychology
Category
Psychology
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Pearson College Division
Authors
Wolfgang Linden, Paul Louis Hewitt

Description

Introduces students to Clinical Psychology by portraying the field as a health profession that uses cognition, emotion and somatic principles to help understand, assess and modify health showcasing the field in its reality. For undergraduate sophomore/junior level Clinical Psychology courses. The authors approached the task as beginning with an appreciation for the problems that the profession needs to solve which makes it easy to relate to them as 'real'. This book is distinct because it Has a fresh approach to learning, encouraging problem solving rather than lecturing Offers an international perspective Views clinical psychology as an integrative health care profession and not just a mental health care field Integrates social and biological bases of behavior Presents material pertaining to the realities of being a clinical psychologist.

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