Seventeen years later: Clinical psychology in light of the 1947 Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology Report.

Abstract

"Clinical psychology is both a basic and an applied area. Because of the undeveloped state of both psychology and clinical psychology, research is by far the most important responsibility of the clinical psychologist. The university has primary responsibility for integrating training in both the basic and the applied areas. The private practice of clinical psychology is of minor importance. It should be restricted." Clinical psychology "is important both because of the contribution it has made and is making to basic psychology, and because of the potential social significance of its practical contribution."

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): An analysis of methodological and conceptual challenges

“…A half century ago, Shakow (1965), in many ways the founder of contemporary clinical psychology, wrote that "psychology is immodest" (p. 353). By that, he meant our field's regrettable habit of advancing claims that go well beyond the extant data.…”

CUDCP-affiliated clinical psychology student views of their science training.

“…After the 1949 conference, the majority of clinical psychology training programs adopted this model, now referred to as the "Boulder Model." However, the role that science should play in research and clinical practice was never specified, and David Shakow (1965), one of the primary proponents of the "balanced" scientist-practitioner model, admitted that the Boulder Model was more heavily weighted toward research training.…”

Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists

“…The situation is not that different from the one psychology faced at the end of World War II in response to what was perceived as a shortage of adequate mental health care. David Shakow (1965), who headed the committee that developed the first formal training model in clinical psychology for APA, discussed the virulent objections to the effort among psychologists he referred to as experimentalists: "In many places there was indifference. And in most places active antagonism was the most characteristic response.…”