Clinical Psychology

T A B L E 1-2 Employment Settings of Clinical Psychologists

1973 1981 1986 1995 2003

Employment Site % % % % %

Psychiatric Hospital 08 08 09 05 04

General Hospital 06 08 05 04 03

Outpatient Clinic 05 05 04 04 04

Community Mental
Health Ctr

08 06 05 04 02

Medical School 08 07 07 09 08
Private Practice 23 31 35 40 39

University,
Psychology

22 17 17 15 18

University, Other 07 05 04 04 04

VA Medical Center ——— 03 03

None 01 01 04 01 00

Othera 01 12 10 11 15
aThis category includes professional schools, correctional facilities, managed care organizations, nursing homes, child and family services, rehabilitation cen-
ters, school systems, psychoanalytic institutes, and health maintenance organizations, and so on.
SOURCE: Norcross, J. C., Karpiak, C. P., & Santoro, S. O. (2005). Clinical psychologists across the years: The Division of Clinical Psychology from 1960 to 2003.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61 , 1467–1483.

Some clinical psychologists work at community mental health centers.

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