Lecture 1 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology DEFINITIONS, CPT 1-2

Evidence-based Practice

A practice model that involves the synthesis of information drawn from research and systematically collected data on the patient in question, the clinician’s professional experience, and the patient’s preferences when considering health care options.

Biopsychosocial Approach

A theoretical framework that takes into account biological, psychological, and social influences on health and illness

Syndrome

Group of symptoms that frequently co-occur.

Clinical Utility

Usefulness of assessment data to provide information that leads to a clinical outcome that is better, faster, less expensive, than would be the case if the psychologist did not have the assessment data.

Service Evaluation

Activities designed to examine whether or not services worked

Meta-Analysis

A review technique by which groups of studies are statistically combined and compared

Efficacy

Evidence that a treatment has been shown to work under research conditions that emphasized internal validity

Effectiveness

Evidence that a treatment has been shown to work in real-world conditions

Clinical Consultation

The provision of information, advice, and recommendations about how best to assess, understand, or treat a client

Organizational Consultation

Services to an organization focused on developing a prevention or intervention program, evaluating how well an organization is doing in providing a health care or related service, or providing an opinion on policies on health care services set by organizations

Practicum

The initial supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; usually part-time

Internship/Residency

The period of supervised training in the provision of psychological services that is a requirement of the doctoral degree; sometimes referred to as residency; usually a one-year full-time period

Informed Consent

An ethical principle to ensure that the person who is offered services or who participates in research understands what is being done and agrees to participate.

Scientist-Practitioner Model

A training model that emphasizes competencies in both research and provision of psychological services

Clinical Scientist Model

A training model that strongly promotes the development of research skills

Practitioner-Scholar Model

A training model that emphasizes clinical skills and competencies as a research consumer

Accreditation

A process designed to ensure that training programs maintain standards that meet the profession’s expectations for the education of clinical psychologists

Licensure

Regulation to ensure minimal requirements for academic and clinical training are met and that practitioners provide ethical and competent services; regulation of the profession helps to ensure the public is protected when receiving services