clinical

(adjective)

Of or pertaining to a medical facility.

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Examples of clinical in the following topics:

  • Defining Psychology

    • Clinical psychology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and mental illness.
    • Psychologists working in a clinical capacity (such as therapists or counselors) work with clients who are struggling with mental illness to assess, diagnose, and implement various forms of therapeutic treatment.
    • Much of this treatment is based on clinical research.
    • While clinical psychologists tend to work directly with clients, non-clinical psychologists focus more heavily on research.
    • Researchers and other non-clinical psychologists often work in university psychology departments or teach in other academic settings (e.g., medical schools or hospitals).

  • Introducing Health Psychology

    • Health psychology addresses individual and population-level issues across four domains: clinical, public, community, and critical (social justice).
    • Clinical health psychology refers to the application of scientific knowledge to clinical questions that arise across the spectrum of healthcare.
    • Because it focuses on the prevention and treatment of health problems, clinical health psychology is a specialty practice area for clinical psychologists.
    • Clinical practice includes education on mechanisms of behavior change and psychotherapy.

  • Careers in Psychology

    • Clinical psychologists use various treatment methods to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
    • Although clinical psychologists may engage in research, teaching, consultation, forensic testimony, and program development, many clinical psychologists focus on using psychological assessment and psychotherapy to treat individuals with psychological disorders.
    • In many countries, clinical psychology is a regulated mental-health profession.
    • Similar to clinical psychology in many respects, counseling psychology focuses on the assessment and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders.
    • Most typically, forensic psychology involves a clinical analysis of a particular individual and an assessment of some specific psycho-legal question.

  • Clinical Advances in Bone Repair

    • Clinical advances in bone repair include the technique of osseointegration.
    • Clinical studies on mammals have shown that porous metals, such as titanium foam, may allow the formation of vascular systems within the porous area.

  • Applied and Clinical Sociology

    • Applied or clinical sociology uses sociological insights or methods to guide practice, research, or social reform.
    • Here, we will discuss the possibilities of applied sociology and one subfield, clinical sociology.
    • Clinical sociology involves the study of groups of people using learned information in case and care management towards holistic life enrichment or improvement of social and life conditions.
    • A clinical sociologist, who might also be called a sociotherapist or life enrichment therapist, is usually concurrently a member of another relevant profession: medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse, social worker, criminologist, or activity and recreational professionals, among others.
    • Clinical sociologists usually focus on vulnerable population groups, such as children, youths or elderly, and are employed in various settings such as treatment facilities or life care communities like nursing homes.

  • Specimen Collection

    • Laboratory diagnosis of diseases begins with the collection of a clinical specimen for examination or processing in the laboratory.
    • Laboratory diagnosis of an infectious disease begins with the collection of a clinical specimen for examination or processing in the laboratory.
    • Proper collection of an appropriate clinical specimen is, hence, the first step in obtaining an accurate laboratory diagnosis of an infectious disease.
    • Describe how laboratory diagnosis of disease begins with the collection of a clinical specimen for examination and processing

  • Cultivation of Specimen

    • Following direct examination, clinical specimens are cultivated to generate more confirmatory data.
    • From such isolates, clinical microbiologists obtain information about a pathogen's microscopic morphology and staining reactions, culture appearance, motility, oxygen requirements, and biochemical characteristics.

  • The Future of Diagnostic Immunology

    • These methods have facilitated the performance of tests and have greatly expanded the information that can be developed by a clinical laboratory.
    • The tests are now used for clinical diagnosis and the monitoring of therapies and patient responses.
    • In the cancer research field, vaccines that stimulate the immune system to attack tumor cells are undergoing clinical trials.

  • Educational Psychology

    • School psychology applies educational psychology, along with the principles of clinical psychology, to treat children's learning and/or behavior problems.
    • Lightner Witmer, considered the founder of school psychology, opened the first psychological and guidance clinic in 1896 in Pennsylvania.
    • It was at this first clinic that children with learning and/or behavior problems were assessed and treated to help improve their educational potential.

  • Using Impartial Language

    • For instance: In clinical studies, the drug was less effective in Asian, Hispanic, and African American women.
    • Before editing: In clinical studies, the drug was less effective in Oriental and other Non-White women.
    • After editing: In clinical studies, the drug was less effective in Asian, Hispanic, and African American women.