Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research
Our internationally recognized clinical psychology program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1948. For many years, the program has been regarded as one of the best in the world, training clinical scientists who have become leaders in the field across the nation. Our program combines rigorous training in assessment and intervention techniques with a solid grounding in psychopathology research. Although graduates from our program will find themselves prepared for various applied and research careers, the program is designed to train students who wish to become academic clinical psychologists or research scientists. Our ties to psychologists in affiliated departments, area hospitals, and mental health centers make it possible for us to offer students a broad array of research and clinical experiences. This allows us to accommodate almost any research interest or clinical training need that our students may have. However, we are especially strong in the psychopathology and personality research areas listed below. These areas of emphasis collectively represent the research interests of the clinical faculty members listed at the end of this section. Our program provides for specialty training in child clinical psychology through the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science track, described below. This mission statement applies to the program as a whole, including the developmental psychopathology track.
The Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program at the University of Minnesota is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, which is a coalition of doctoral training programs that share a common goal of producing and applying scientific knowledge to the assessment, understanding, and amelioration of human problems. Membership in the Academy is granted only after a thorough peer review process. Membership in the Academy indicates that the Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program at the University of Minnesota is committed to excellence in scientific training, and to using clinical science as the foundation for designing, implementing, and evaluating assessment and intervention procedures. The program was one of those involved in starting the Academy. Training in both adult and child clinical psychology[Child clinical psychology applicants apply here] We have an integrated program offering training in both adult and child clinical psychology that is jointly operated by the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Child Development. Although the Psychology Department currently includes faculty who study developmental processes and problems, students with primary interests in developmental psychopathology who are seeking specialty training in child psychology should seek admission to the Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Science track of the program through the Institute of Child Development. Students who are interested in adult psychopathology (or childhood psychopathology but who do not wish to develop specialized expertise in child development) should seek admission to the general Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research program through the Department of Psychology. Admission procedures differ somewhat for students admitted to the program through Psychology compared with those admitted through the Insitute of Child Development. Those entering through Psychology are admitted to work with a specific faculty mentor (i.e., one of those listed under "Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research Core Faculty" below) whereas those entering through the Institute are admitted by the child psychology faculty as a whole and then decide upon an appropriate faculty mentor during their first year in the program. Because clinical science training is integrated across these two departments, the full range of courses in adult and child clinical psychology are available to all students, and students enrolled through either department can have as their primary research adviser a faculty member in the other department. Hence, psychology department students can specialize in child clinical if they wish, and child students can develop fully their expertise in adult clinical psychology should they choose to do so. However, the department requirements for a Ph.D. differ across these two units such that child students will take required and elective non-clinical courses primarily in child development and psychology department students will select elective and required courses primarily from psychology department offerings. A typical entering class consists of eight students evenly split between psychology and child development. |
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Core Faculty Affiliated Advising Faculty Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical
Science Faculty Emeritus Professors |
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