Bridging Scientist and Practitioner Perspectives in Clinical Psychology

Literature suggests that a complex and often hostile relationship exists between the science and practice of clinical psychology. Contributors to this conflict of viewpoints are reconsidered within the proposition that there are different roads to discovery and that there may be good reasons to keep...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1995-12, Vol.50 (12), p.984-994
Main Authors: Beutler, Larry E, Williams, Rebecca E, Wakefield, Phylis J, Entwistle, Stephanie R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Psychologists
Clinical Psychology
Communication
Diffusion of Innovation
Experimentation
Human
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Practitioners
Psychologists
Psychology
Psychology, Clinical
Psychotherapy
Scientific research
Scientists
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Summary:Literature suggests that a complex and often hostile relationship exists between the science and practice of clinical psychology. Contributors to this conflict of viewpoints are reconsidered within the proposition that there are different roads to discovery and that there may be good reasons to keep the science and practice of clinical psychology somewhat separate. Results of a national survey of 325 psychologists are reviewed that support the view that psychological practitioners value research and consider their practices to be augmented by scientific findings. However, they are in need of vehicles of communication that will help them translate scientific findings into practice. Results suggest that practitioners do more to understand scientific findings than scientists do to understand the problems that face clinical practitioners. Ways to facilitate communication between and among these groups are considered.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.50.12.984