CLINPSYCH_TIMELINE OF KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS IN CLINPSYCH

1796

William Tuke opens York Retreat in England

1801

Philippe Pinel published book on humane treatment or mentally ill

1824

Eli Todd open The Retreat in Hartford, Connecticut

1840

U.S Census Bureau lists one category of mental disorder (“idiocy/insanity”)

1841

Dorothea Dix encounters mentally ill in Boston prison, prompting extensive efforts treatment

1880

U.S Census Bureau lists seven categories of mental disorders

1890

“Mental test” is used in print for the first time by Cattell

1892

Lightner Witmer earns his doctoral degree

1893

Emil Kraepelin proposes the early diagnostic category “dementia praecox”

1896

Lightner Witmer opens the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania

1905

Binet-Simon intelligence test is published in France

1907

Lightner Witmer founds the first professional journal in clinical psychology. The Psychological Clinic

1914

Psychology clinics proliferate about 20 in operation

1916

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (as far translated by Terman) is published in the US

1917

American Association of Clinical Psychologists is founded

1921

1. Psychological Corporation is founded

2. Rorschach inkblot technique is published

1930s to 1950s

Psychoanalysis dominates psychotherapy

1935

Thematic Apperception Test is published

1935

Psychology clinics proliferate further; more than 150 in operation

1939

Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Test published; first designed for adults

1943

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) published

1949

• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) published

• Boulder conference held; yields scientist-practitioner training model

1950s to 1970s

Alternatives to psychoanalytic psychotherapy emerge (e.g. behaviorism, humanism, family systems)

1952

• Hans Eysenck publishes early, critical review of psychotherapy outcome

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) published

1953

American Psychological Association publishes first ethical code

1955

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) published

1967

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) published

1968

DSM-11 published

1973

Vail conference held; yields PsyD and practitioner-scholar training model

1974

WISC-R published

1980s – 2000s

Cognitive psychotherapy rises in prominence

1980

DSM 3 published; specific diagnostic criteria and multiple axes appear

1981

WAIS-R published

1985

NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) published

1987

DSM-III-R published

1989

MMPI-2 published

1989

WPPSI-R published

1991

Richard McFall publishes “manifesto”, yields “clinical scientist” training model

1991

WISC-III published

1992

MMPI-A published

1994

DSM-IV published

1997

WAIS-III published

1999

NEO-PI-R published

2000

DSM-IV-R published

2002

WPPSI-III published 2

2003

WISC-IV published

2008

1. WAIS-IV Published

2. MMPI-2-RF published