Clinical Psychology

sexually abuse a child, or otherwise behave so as to lead the lay public to question the competence (and often the common sense) ...

Finally, it is worth noting that the debate over clinical versus statistical prediction discussed in Chapter 10 also applies to ...

against a given side); to ingratiate themselves with jurors or get them to identify with a given side; or to indoctrinate jurors ...

BOX19-4 Clinical Psychologist Perspective: Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D. Dr. Tolou-Shams is an Assistant Professor (Research) at The ...

My goal is to capitalize on the opportunity (at first contact with the juvenile courts) to deliver an evidence-based interventio ...

Witness Preparation. It would be unethical for the consultant to work with a witness in any way designed to encourage any altera ...

whereas those in the inconsistent group made the correct choice only 41% of the time. It is clear that people often make inferen ...

There are also many conditions that may bias jury decisions. For example, an individual may be charged with several instances of ...

CHAPTER SUMMARY Forensic psychology is concerned with the appli- cation of psychological methods, theories, and concepts to the ...

specialty training programs exist. However, forensic psychologists are a target of harsh criticism as well. In this chapter, we ...

M’Naghten ruleThe oldest standard for deter- mining the insanity of a defendant. This rule requires the defense to prove that at ...

Appendix A Primer for Applying to Graduate Programs in Clinical Psychology 1 P sychology is the most popular major on a large pr ...

However, because so little information is available to students interested in mental health careers, we have offered some genera ...

For doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, we also will offer some comments on the choice between a Ph.D. degree and a Psy.D. ...

obtain an adequate education, and each child meet- ing LD criteria must have an individualized educa- tional plan developed and ...

disorders that might be found in the DSM. In con- trast, counseling psychology sometimes was referred to as a field that address ...

clinical science training model. This model empha- sizes both the science and practice of psychology based on the premise that t ...

students will begin seeing clients, conducting assess- ments, and offering treatment (all with supervision, of course). Thus, th ...

developmental levels, including infants, toddlers, school-aged youth, and adolescents. Clinical child/adolescent psychologists m ...

the onset, presentation, maintenance, or reduc- tion of symptoms b. Different modalities of treatment that may be useful for red ...