| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 249 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The beginnings of clinical psychology. 1. The evolution of clinical psychology in the US Navy. Before World War I -- World War I -- Between the wars -- World War II -- Enter the Medical Service Corps -- The Korean War -- The Vietnam era -- The training program at Bethesda -- Women in clinical psychology and the armed forces -- The chief clinical psychologists, 1944-1988 -- The civilian consultants. 2. Recruit screening and evaluation. Early standards for recruits -- The introduction of Binet-type testing -- Recruit screening in World War I and II -- The search for an actuarial (statistical) approach to screening -- The marginal recruit. 3. The practice of clinical psychology in the US Navy, then and now. Administration and management -- Direct mental health services: hospitals and clinics; issues of sexuality; health psychology; alcohol and drug abuse; crisis and postdisaster intervention -- Duty with the operating forces, not just in the Navy but of the Navy: the US naval academy; the fleet marine forces; the submarine service; the submarine service; the naval air service; the SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, and escape) program; the SEALs (sea-air-land teams); forensic psychology; the marine security battalion -- Research. 4. Epilogue. The personal war of a Navy clinical psychologist -- The future of clinical psychology in the US Navy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Clinical psychology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Medicine, Naval -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. Navy.
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Naval Medicine -- history -- United States.
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Psychology, Clinical -- history -- United States.
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| ISBN |
1557980861 |
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