The British Psychological Society‘s History of Psychology Centre has just published a new volume on the history of clinical psychology in Britain. The book, Clinical Psychology in Britain: Historical Perspectives, is described as follows:

This book, the second in a series of monographs published by the Society’s History of Psychology Centre, is a comprehensive and informed account of the development of clinical psychology – the largest field of applied psychology in Britain. It identifies key transitions and changes in the work and thinking of clinical psychologists; explores the relationships between disciplinary and professional concerns within their policy, political and economic context; and situates British clinical psychology in relation to wider fields of research and practice in applied psychology in health care.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgements

About the contributors

Guide to structure of the book

Part 1: Background

• Chapter 1 – Introduction
  John Hall, David Pilgrim & Graham Turpin
• Chapter 2 – Engaging with the views and needs of users of psychological services
  Juliet Foster

Part 2: Contexts

• Chapter 3 – Psychology in context: From the First World War to the Health Service
  John Stewart
• Chapter 4 – The emergence of clinical psychology in the British war context
  David Pilgrim & Nimisha Patel
• Chapter 5 – Professional organisation and communication
  John Hall & Michael Wang
• Chapter 6 – The political and NHS context
  Anne Richardson
• Chapter 7 – The development and training of the clinical psychological: From probationers to practitioner doctorates
  Tony Lavender & Graham Turpin
• Chapter 8 – Colleagues, competitors and offspring: Relationships with other professions
  John Hall
• Chapter 9 – Clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Maudsley Hospital: The early years
  William Yule

Part 3: Psychological Roles

• Chapter 10 – Psychologists as testers
  Katherine Hubbard & Dougal Hare
• Chapter 11 – Psychologists as researchers
  Susan Llewelyn, Gillian Hardy & Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
• Chapter 12 – Psychologists in organisations
  Bernard Kat Chapter
• Psychologists as therapists: An overview
  Glenys Parry
• Chapter 14 – Psychologists as therapists: The development of behavioural traditions in clinical psychology
  Sarah Marks
• Chapter 15 – Outside the behavioural tradition: Psychodynamic, humanistic and constructivist therapies in clinical psychology
  David Pilgrim & Glenys

Parry Part 4: Work with Client Groups

• Chapter 16 – Towards a history of clinical child psychology
  Michael Berger
• Chapter 17 – Clinical psychology in adult mental health services
  Gillian Bowden, Fabian Davis, Kathy Nairne & Geoff Shepherd
• Chapter 18 – Intellectual disability: Making sense and making a difference
  Jennifer Clegg
• Chapter 19 – Neuropsychology
  Alan Collins, Peter Rankin & Tom McMillan
• Chapter 20 – Clinical psychology with older people
  Bob Woods & Cath Burley
• Chapter 21 – Clinical health psychology
  Paul Bennett
• Chapter 22 – Forensic clinical psychology
  Gisli Gudjonsson & Susan Young

Part 5: National and International Perspectives

• Chapter 23 – Challenging an anglocentric story
  David Griffiths & Roger Young (Wales); Carole Allan (Scotland); Chris McCusker (Northern Ireland); Alan Carr (Republic of Ireland)
• Chapter 24 – The international context of British clinical psychology
  Steve Melluish, Gary Latchford & Sarah Marks

Part 6: Reflections

• Chapter 25 – Overview: Recurring themes and continuing challenges
  David Pilgrim, Graham Turpin & John Hall

Appendix 1: – Timeline of events in psychology, abnormal and clinical psychology in Britain 1853-2010

Appendix 2: – Chairs of the Division of Clinical Psychology chapter

Appendix 3: – Presidents of the British Psychological Society who were clinical psychologists, or closely involved with clinical or abnormal psychology

Appendix 4: – Selected workforce data Index