The University of Edinburgh / NHS Scotland Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is funded by NHS Education Scotland to provide professional training in clinical psychology. Trainees undertake substantial thesis projects in a range of areas as part of this training. These booklets are intended to facilitate dissemination of findings from these projects, which we hope will also be communicated via pr...

Although British readers may be somewhat put off by the author's terminology, especially that used in the chapter headings, there is more sound common sense in this book than in most published on this difficult subject. Sections 1-14 deal primarily with the theoretical background of clinical psychology, including its aims and scope and the areas of mental activity which are amenable to measurem...

From visits to a number of clinics and other places where mental retardation or deficiency is receiving attention, from interviews with physicians and psychologists who are not working in the field, and from current journals and newspapers, criticisms have been gathered of clinical psychology in its present status. The adverse criticisms may be reduced to the following:?(1) Mental tests are bei...