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The special area of psychology concerned with the study of psychopathology, its causes, prevention, and treatment. The study of disease as applied to the treatment of patients. Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour. It may be applied in various settings including education, industry and health care. Clinical psychology is concerned with the practical application…

A person trained in the administration of a variety of psychological tests that aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a person with mental and emotional problems. A generally uses one or more forms of psychotherapy in treating clients. A health professional specializing in the evaluation and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders, without having…

A plan of formal meetings by professionals outlining schedules, meetings, and other related activities regarding clinical procedures.  

Prediction of behavior in terms of hypotheses developed from all available evidence about the dynamics of a particular personality: clinical hunch; actuarial prediction.  

The total available data concerning a patient, including symptoms, stresses, dynamics and medical history.  

Medical model of health.  

A research technique, often used to generate hypotheses that may describe how a particular course of treatment affects a subject, observational method.  

The signs of a disease as they pertain to or are observed in patients.  

In psychology, a technique introduced by Piaget for discovering what children know and think as a means of studying their cognitive development. The technique allows the interviewer to probe and question.  

In epidemiology, an idea that arises during clinical care that can be a source of epidemiological hypotheses: clinical prediction.