Clinical Psychology as Science and Profession

by J. Roland Pennock, David Shakow

Overview

One man alone cannot construct an entire profession, but David Shakow is one of the architects responsible for shaping clinical psychology into the profession it is today. Reflecting the ideas of a man whose name is synonymous with the field, this volume brings together for the first time his most significant papers in this area and presents a comprehensive, far-reaching overview of clinical psychology addressed to all of its professionals and students.

Dr. Shakow's forty years of influence as a clinician, training program administrator, professor, researcher, and public servant are profoundly reflected in these papers. They offer insight into the work and world of the clinician, the nature of training programs, the history and development of the profession, and the relationship between clinical psychology and other disciplines. Not simply a descriptive record of one man's achievements, the thinking mirrored in this volume is pertinent, even crucial, to the future development of the field.

The author's persistent and continuing concern for top quality in training and practice pervades these essays, making them a unified chronicle of the professional growth of clinical psychology and of a master professional's ideas and involvements with the problems and issues in his field. No clinician or student can fully understand the nature of the field, how it came to be, and where it is going, without reading this volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202308906
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/15/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

David Shakow (1901-1981) was Senior Research Psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health. He was Chief Psychologist and Director of Psychological Research at the Worcester State Hospital for eighteen years. He has taught at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and at the University of Chicago, He was also Chief Psychologist at the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute and a past president of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association as well as chairman of the Association's Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface, Part I. History and Functions, 1. Clinical Psychology: An Evaluation [1948], 2. Clinical Psychology [1952], 3· Clinical Psychology [1968], 4· The Functions of the Psychologist in the State Hospital [1939], 5· Administration of Psychological Services in Institutions for the Mentally Disordered and Mentally Retarded [1950], 6. The Psychologist in the Clinic Setting [1948], 7· The Role of the Psychologist [1965], Part II. Training Objectives and Programs, 8. An Internship Year for Psychologists [1938], 9. The Training of the Clinical Psychologist [1942], 1O. The Worcester Internship Program [1946], 11. Recommended Graduate Training Program in Clinical Psychology [1947], 12. Problems in the Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychologist [1950], 13. The Improvement of Practicum Training and Facilities [1957], 14. Seventeen Years Later: Clinical Psychology in the Light of the 1947 CTCP Report [1965], 15. Thoughts Second and Sober on Education in Clinical Psychology [1969], 16. Homo Scientius et Homo Professionalis-Sempervirens? [1968], Part III. Liaison with Other Professions, 17. Psychology and Psychiatry: A Dialogue [1949], 18. One Hundred Years of American Psychiatry, A Special Review [1945], 19. Some Aspects of Mid-Century Psychiatry: Experimental Psychology [1953], 20. Ideal Program of Training for Psychotherapists: Patterns of Institutional Sponsorship [1969], 21. Comments on Behavioral Science in Medicine [1968], 22. Psychology for the General Practitioner [1948], Part IV. Relationship with Psychoanalysis, 23. One Psychologist as Analysand [1940], 24. Training in Clinical Psychology-A Note on Trends [1945], 25. Psychoanalytic Education of Behavioral and Social Scientists for Research [1962], 26. Ethics for a Scientific Age-Some Moral Aspects of Psychoanalysis [1965], Part V. Commitment to Public Service, 27. On the Rewards (and, Alas, Frustrations) of Public Service [1968], Epilogue, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

David Shakow is a giant among those who fashioned the direction of clinical psychology training in the United States. The present volume traces his views of training from his 1938 paper on the internship through his 1969 paper for the Judge Baker Guidance Center Fiftieth Anniversary…. [H]is collected papers are not only of historical interest and importance but offer a continuing blueprint for the maintenance of the highest quality of professional preparation and practice in clinical psychology.” —Gordon F. Derner, American Quarterly

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