One hundred and fifty-eight clinical psychologists practising in Britain completed a questionnaire concerning their use of and views about psychological assessment. The respondents reported spending on average slightly more than 50% of their working day on face-to-face clinical work and 13% of their time with clients on individual assessment. The results were compared to those of a similar surv...

purpose: popular tv series and sitcoms have received different reactions from people of different   classes. the present study was conducted to measure the positive and negative attitudes of   psychologists, psychiatrists, chronic psychiatric patients and ordinary healthy viewers toward an   iranian tv series entitled ‘the physicians’ building’ whose main character was a psychologist.   materia...

A Vision for Change set out a tripartite governance structure of mental health teams comprising of a clinical leader, a team co-ordinator and a practice manager. The team coordinator position is a key nondiscipline specific role within the team with significant responsibilities. This article sets out how the skill set of psychologists lends itself to effectively occupying this role. It outlines...

A survey in the United States revealed that an alarmingly large percentage of university psychologists admitted having used questionable research practices that can contaminate the research literature with false positive and biased findings. We conducted a replication of this study among Italian research psychologists to investigate whether these findings generalize to other countries. All the ...

Article history: Received 20 February 2013 Received in revised form 27 June 2013 Accepted 4 July 2013 Available online 30 July 2013 This article encourages psychologists to teach intelligence at different levels of the undergraduate curriculum and at postgraduate level. In addition, intelligence should be ‘taught’ to psychologists more broadly, to relevant professionals, and to the public. I gi...

Ideally psychologists strive to act ethically within their professional roles. However, they are unlikely to achieve the highest standards of ethical behavior if they become overly legalistic or if they engage in behaviors that can be virtuous in a personal context but harmful in a professional relationship. Such problems may arise when some justify their less-than-optimal behavior based upon a...

This course is intended to introduce you to adult psychological assessment and to acquaint you with the types of assessment devices used by psychologists. During the semester, you will learn how to administer, score, and interpret a variety of psychological tests and how to write a psychological report using a core set of assessment measures commonly used by counseling and clinical psychologist...