Clinical Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies

I moved to the University of Sussex in 1994 to become Professor of Psychology in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences. Prior to that I was Professor of Psychology at The City University in London. I was the Subject Chair of Psychology from 1994 until April 2002. I have also held a number of offices in the British Psychological Society, including Chair of the Standing Conference Committee (1991-95), Honorary Editor of ′The Psychologist′ (1988-92), and President of the Society (2002-3). I have also been chair of the Society′s Board Of Trustees, Council, and Investigatory Committee. I have held a number of editorial posts with journals such as ′Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology′ and ′Behaviorial & Brain Sciences′. I am currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychopathology (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/epp)Follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/GrahamCLDavey

• Defining “Insanity” – Building on Rosenhan (1973) - Richard BentallThe Experimental Study of Mental Health Problems – Building on Watson & Rayner (1920) - Dirk Hermans, Yannick Boddez & Bram VervlietThe Origins of Cognitive Therapy – Building on Beck (1964) - Adrian WhittingtonDefining Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Building on Kanner (1943) - David Mason, Vicki Grahame & Jacqui RodgersCognitive Models of Depression – Building on Beck (1987) - Clara StraussChildhood Trauma and Repressed Memories – Building on Williams (1994) - Gail Goodman, Samara Wolpe & Lauren GonzalvezNegative Automatic Thoughts and Mental Health – Building on Wenzlaff, Wegner & Klein (1991) - Maree J. Abbott & Alice R. NortonPanic Disorder as a Psychological Problem – Building on Clark (1986) - Louise WaddingtonCognitive-Behavioural Analyses of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – Building on Salkovskis (1985) - Christine PurdonDepression as an Attributional Style – Building on Abramson, Seligman and Teasdale (1978) - Ed WatkinsThe Diathesis-Stress Model of Psychosis – Building on Brown & Birley (1968) - Filippo Varese & Gillian HaddockThe Antisocial Personality – Building on Lykken (1957) - Scott Koenig and Yu GaoFrom Family Therapy to Systemic Approaches to Treatment: Building on Rosman, Minuchin and Liebman (1975) - Rudi Dallos

It is only by understanding the past that we can truly appreciate the progress that has been made and how new ways of thinking then, and now, have to occur for progress in clinical psychology to continue. This book provides an excellent account of key studies that changed our understanding of mental health and clinical psychology. It is an easy book to dip into and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about each ground-breaking study and learning how much influence and impact each one has had on current knowledge. If you want an insight into research and theories that have shaped contemporary clinical psychology then this is the book to read.