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clinical_psychology

clinical psychology

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Noun

clinical psychology (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) A branch of psychology with purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

Usage notes

This term typically pertains to clinics in general unless in the context of parapsychology.

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