Includes index.

Contents: Clinical psychology: an introduction -- Historical overview of clinical psychology -- Current issues in clinical psychology -- Research methods in clinical psychology -- Diagnosis and classification of psychological problems -- The Assessment interview -- The assessment of intelligence -- Personality assessment -- Behavioral assessment -- Clinical judgment -- Psychological interventions -- Psychotherapy: the psychodynamic perspective -- Psychotherapy: phenomenological and humanistic-existential perspectives -- Psychotherapy: behavioral and cognitive-behavioral perspectives -- Group therapy, family therapy, and couples therapy -- Community psychology -- Health psychology and behavioral medicine -- Feminist therapy: a multicultural approach -- Forensic psychology.