A brief history of clinical psychology

Bibliographic Data

ID4420752
AuthorsRobert I Watson (Northwestern University, corresponding author)
Year1953
Volume50
Issue5
Pages321-346
Publication date1953-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0062847
PMID13100525
OpenAlexW1993687273
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited24

Clinical psychologists have been surprisingly a historical. Very little thought has been given to, and less written about, the origin and development of clinical psychology. To capture in full measure the sweep and continuity of the history of clinical psychology is beyond the competence of the reviewer, to say nothing of space limitations. The psychometric tradition, one of the headwaters from which clinical psychology sprang, was, in turn, a part of the scientific tradition of the nineteenth century. It has been accepted by psychologists quite generally that the case leading to the founding of the first psychological clinic was treated by Lightner Witmer at the University of Pennsylvania in March 1896. Even a cursory examination of the early issues of the Psychological Clinic, a journal founded and edited by Witmer, will show that the work attempted in this clinic included referral to medical sources, the presence of social workers, and many other modern innovations discussed by the writer elsewhere

Cognitive psychology · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications