Clinical psychology

integration of science and clinical knowledge for the purpose of relieving psychologically based dysfunction

branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought, which could possibly be understood as a mental disorder

School of psychology integrating spiritual and transcendent experiences with the framework of modern psychology

instrument designed to measure unobserved psychological constructs, also known as latent variables

support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals, as part of a supportive social network

way of observing and describing a patient's current state of mind

thumb|200px|Matryoshka doll|Stacking dolls provide a visual representation of subpersonalities. A subpersonality is, in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology and ego psychology, a personality mode that activates (appears on a temporary basis) to allow a person to cope with certain types of psychosocial situations. Similar to a complex, the mode may include thoughts, feelings, actions, physiology and other elements of human behavior to self-present a particular mode that works to negate particular psychosocial situations. American transpersonal philosopher Ken Wilber and English human

Psychotraumatology is the study of psychological trauma. Specifically, this discipline is involved with researching, preventing, and treating traumatic situations and people's reactions to them. It focuses on the study and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD), but encompasses any adverse reaction after experiencing traumatic events, including dissociative disorders. Since 2021, Certified Trauma Professionals who have achieved a major level of training and clinical expertise can use the abbreviation PsyT after their names as a standard of recognitio

study and treatment of addiction with the tools of psychology

help given to people with mental health problems