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A medical psychologist must obtain specific qualification in psychopharmacology to prescribe psychiatric medications and other pharmaceutical drugs. [1] A trained medical psychologist or clinical psychopharmacologist with prescriptive authority is a mid-level provider who prescribes psychotropic medication such as antidepressants for mental health disorders. [2]
Giuseppe (Joseph) Dominic Matarazzo (November 12, 1925 – January 23, 2025) was an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA). He chaired the first medical psychology department in the United States and has been credited with much of the early work in health psychology.
Richard Bandler, co-founder of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP); David H. Barlow, known for his study and treatment of anxiety and related disorders; Albert Bandura; Deirdre Barrett, researcher on dreams and hypnosis
Max Wertheimer, co-founder of Gestalt psychology; Drew Westen; Michael White, (Founder of narrative therapy) Ken Wilber, transpersonal psychology, then integral psychology; Glenn D. Wilson, personality and sexual behaviour; Richard Wiseman; Władysław Witwicki, one of the fathers of psychology in Poland, the creator of the theory of cratism
Jung became a full professor of medical psychology at the University of Basel in 1943 but resigned after a heart attack the next year to lead a more private life. In 1945, he began corresponding with an English Roman Catholic priest, Father Victor White, who became a close friend, regularly visiting the Jungs at the Bollingen estate. [1]
Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
Ronald C. Kessler (born April 26, 1947) is an American professor at Harvard Medical School.His research focuses on the precision treatment of mental illness to determine the appropriate intervention for specific patients.
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