No medicine without psychology: the key role of psychological contribution in clinical settings.

Gianluca Castelnuovo

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00004

Abstract

OPINION article Front. Psychol., 17 March 2010Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings Volume 1 - 2010 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00004

Highlights

Despite these past challenges, nowadays Clinical Psychology has found a lot of different applications, with interventions such as psychological assessment, psychological support, psychotherapy, counseling, rehabilitation psychology, neuropsychology, etc. in traditional clinical settings and innovative clinical settings
After this so magnificent beginning, Clinical Psychology experienced profound difficulty maintaining a specific role in the field: “The contents of clinical psychology training programs and the professional practices ... have become so diverse ad extensive that the term clinical psychology may be losing its denominative value
Nowadays Clinical Psychology has found a lot of different applications, with interventions such as psychological assessment, psychological support, psychotherapy, counseling, rehabilitation psychology, neuropsychology, etc. in traditional clinical settings and innovative clinical settings

Summary

Introduction

Nowadays Clinical Psychology has found a lot of different applications, with interventions such as psychological assessment, psychological support, psychotherapy, counseling, rehabilitation psychology, neuropsychology, etc. in traditional clinical settings (public and private hospitals, clinics, services, laboratories, etc.) and innovative clinical settings (remote outpatients’ clinics, tele-health and e-health based settings). After this so magnificent beginning, Clinical Psychology experienced profound difficulty maintaining a specific role in the field: “The contents of clinical psychology training programs and the professional practices ...

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