The relationship of clinical psychology and psychiatry.

Menninger, William C.

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“…Although there was no evidence that psychiatrists were more effective at doing psychotherapy than were clinical psychologists, psychiatry fought hard to maintain its monopoly (Sarason, 1981; Shakow, 1978). Many psychiatrists argued that it was not ethical to allow upstart professionals who lacked “proper” training to deliver psychotherapy unsupervised, and no doubt many psychiatrists opposed the idea because they sincerely believed it would harm patients (e.g., W. C. Menninger, 1950).…”

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Clinical Psychologists as Psychotherapists: History, Future, and Alternatives.

Humphreys

1996

American Psychologist

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As managed care and other cost-containment strategies become central features of the American health care system, doctoral-level clinical psychologists will be increasingly supplanted in the role of psychotherapist by lower cost providers such as social workers, marriage and family counselors, and masters-level psychologists. To provide one basis for clinical psychologists to make judgments about their role in psychotherapy; this article describes what the field was like before psychotherapy became a core activity and then compares the present transition with its historical counterpart: the opening up of the psychotherapy profession to doctoral-level clinical psychologists after World War II. History suggests that efforts to resist the current changes will be unsuccessful and that the most adaptive coping strategy for clinical psychologists is to take advantage of the transition by reenvisioning training and practice of clinical psychologists.

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Clinical Psychologists as Psychotherapists: History, Future, and Alternatives.

Humphreys

1996

American Psychologist

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“…On the other hand, currently unresolved issues face the profession today. The problems on which there are differences of opinion both in psychology and in other professions include psychotherapy as a task of the psychologist and the nature of the relation of psychology to psychiatry and medicine (7,13,54,55,72,87,94), the nature of the relation of psychology to social work (33), the question of the advisability of certification and licensure (31,47,60,109,112,117), the question of the desirability of private practice (38,39), the position and function of non-Ph.D.'s in clini-cal psychology (15,20,35,67,69,98), and the "imbalance" in psychology between scientific and professional demands (63,87,88,89). Not only do these problems have roots in the past, but they are also an expression of the period of professionalization of large segments of psychology today.…”

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A brief history of clinical psychology.

Watson¹

1953

Psychological Bulletin

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“…One arena where competitive pressures and feelings of frustration have been triggered is diagnostic teamwork in which the psychologist provides testing (Blanchard & Barlow, 1976;Smith & Gabbard, 1980). Although testing was initially hailed as a momentous advance for the diagnostic enterprise (Menninger, 1950), psychiatrists subsequently have complained about the failure of the psychologist to provide useful information. In many settings diagnostic instruments are regarded as antiques to be marveled at but not used, a reminder of a worthwhile and ingenious effort gone astray (Cleveland, 1976;Moore, Boblitt, & Wildman, 1968;Shectman, 1979;Smyth & Reznikoff, 1971).…”

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Teaching psychological testing to psychiatric residents.

Berg¹

1984

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Psychodiagnostic testing has been a focus ojtension and misunderstanding between psychiatry and psychology. Psychiatrists have often been disappointed with the results of assessment, and psychologists have felt dismayed over the lack ofappreciation for their efforts. Psychologists can help alleviate the disenchantment with testing by participating in the •training of residents. Such training should familiarize residents with the basic principles of testing to help them become sophisticated consumers of the psychologist's consultative service rather than test practitioners themselves. This introduction of testing to residents must take into account their specific educational needs, especially the difficulties they have in learning psychological constructs early in their career, due to the physicalistic orientation of their former training. Of equal importance to teaching the principles of assessment is the elucidation of the collaborative diagnostic effort as an interpersonal process with opportunities for cooperation or interdisciplinary friction. The landmarks and pitfalls encountered during the collaborative diagnostic process involving psychologist and psychiatrist are outlined as crucial issues to be covered in training to help foster improved teamwork between the two disciplines. Finally, the sources of political friction that can arise when psychologists train psychiatrists are discussed.

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The relationship of clinical psychology and psychiatry.

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Clinical Psychologists as Psychotherapists: History, Future, and Alternatives.

Clinical Psychologists as Psychotherapists: History, Future, and Alternatives.

A brief history of clinical psychology.

Teaching psychological testing to psychiatric residents.

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