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Foundations of professional psychology /

Recent advances in the scientific understanding of the human mind and brain along with the emphases on evidence-based practice and competency-based education are creating increasing pressures to update some of the traditional approaches to structuring and organizing education and practice in the fie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melchert, Timothy P. (Timothy Peter)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Elsevier insights.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The need for a unified conceptual framework in professional psychology
  • Conceptual and theoretical foundations of professional psychology. Professional psychology as a health care profession
  • The public we serve: their mental health needs and sociocultural and medical circumstances
  • Understanding and resolving theoretical confusion in professional psychology
  • The biopsychosocial approach: general systems, nonlinear dynamical systems, and complexity theory
  • Ethical foundations of professional psychology
  • A unified conceptual framework for professional psychology
  • Conceptualizing psychological treatment from a biopsychosocial perspective. Assessment
  • Treatment planning
  • Treatment
  • Outcomes assessment
  • Additional implications for professional psychology. Prevention and public health perspective on behavioral health
  • Conclusions and implications for professional psychology education, practice, and research.