The Handbook of Clinical Adult Psychology (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

"The Handbook of Clinical Adult Psychology" is a practical guide to modern clinical psychology. Clinical psychology is no longer devoted just to the traditional areas of neuropsychology and mental health but is now contributing to many other areas, such as health promotion, behavioural medicine, issues of professional management, and the presentation and management of forensic evidence. The handbook covers all these areas which are of critical concern to clinical psychologists and related professions. Clinical psychologists are called upon not only to treat mental illness and problems associated with medical afflictions, but are also called upon to investigate, screen and advise on the treatment of clients referred to them by medical practitioners, social workers, nurses and others. In addition, one of the strengths of clinical psychology has been that careful investigation contributes to successful treatment. Therefore, investigation and treatment are clearly differentiated in separate chapters for most topics in this book, with each chapter written by a specialist in the area.