Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

Clinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental healthcare worldwide. Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction provides insights into the world of clinical psychologists and their clients or patients, and covers the range of domains of practice, difficulties tackled, and approaches and models used. It considers the challenges and controversies facing the profession today, and also how it varies across the globe. Finally, it discusses key questions surrounding clinical psychology, such as whether it should compete or collaborate with psychiatry; how far it is yet another instrument of social control; what new technology can offer in the future; and whether clinical psychology can ever really be considered a science.