This book is dedicated to my wife, Marion W. Routh. In her way, she has been informally involved in clinica! psychology organizations for as many years as I have. She has also served for many years as the first reader of almost all manuscripts I ha ve written, including the one for this book. I can always depend on her to tell me straight out what she thinks. When she found out I was writing this book, she was afraid that the mass of detailed factual information I was gathering would be dull to read. Therefore, when I actually started writing, I laid aside all notes and just told the story in a way that flowed as freely as possible. {1 went back later to fill in the documentation and to correct factual errors that had crept in. ) When she looked over the first draft of the book, her comment was, "It is not as boring asI thought it would be. " Her frankness is so dependable that I knew from these words that there was hope, but that I had my work cut out forme in the revision process. By the middle of the second draft, she grudgingly had to admit that she was getting hooked on the book and kept asking where the next chapter was.

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Chronological Narrative: Introduction. The American Association of Clinical Psychologists. The Clinical Section of the American Psychological Association. The Clinical Section of the American Association for Applied Psychology. The Division of Clinical and Abnormal Psychology/Division of Clinical Psychology. Growth of Division 12 and the Origins of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology. Psychologists Interested in the Advancement of Psychotherapy. The Corresponding Committee of Fifty and the Section on Continuing Professional Education. The Section for Clinical Psychology as an ExperimentalBehavioral Science/Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. The Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women. Issues and Personalities: Research and Scholarly Activities: Basic Science and Psychopathology. Education and Training: The Vail Model. The Economics of Psychological Services: The Public Sector. Summing Up: Conclusion. 9 additional articles. Index.