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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I. Chronological Narrative.- 1. Introduction: The Founding of Clinical Psychology (1896) and Some Important Early Developments.- 2. The American Association of Clinical Psychologists, 19171919.- 3. The Clinical Section of the American Psychological Association, 19191937.- 4. The Clinical Section of the American Association for Applied Psychology, 19371945.- 5. The Division of Clinical and Abnormal Psychology/Division of Clinical Psychology (Division 12), 1945.- 6. Growth of Division 12 and the Origins of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (Section 1), 1962.- 7. Psychologists Interested in the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Section 2), 19631967.- 8. The Corresponding Committee of Fifty, 19611971, and the Section on Continuing Professional Education (Section 2), 19711986.- 9. The Section for Clinical Psychology as an Experimental-Behavioral Science/Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (Section 3), 1966.- 10. The Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women (Section 4), 1980.- 11. The Society of Pediatric Psychology (Section 5), 1968/1980.- 12. The Section on Ethnic Minority Clinical Psychology (Section 6), 1986.- 13. The Section on the Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (Section 7), 19881991.- 14. The Spinoff of Other Specialty Groups Related to Division 12.- II. Issues and Personalities.- 15. Research and Scholarly Activities: Basic Science and Psychopathology.- 16. Research and Scholarly Activities: Assessment.- 17. Research and Scholarly Activities: Intervention.- 18. Education and Training: The Boulder Model.- 19. Education and Training: The Practitioner Model.- 20. Credentials for Practitioners: ABPP, Licensing, and the National Register.- 21. The Economics of Psychological Services: The Public Sector.- 22.The Economics of Psychological Services: The Private Sector.- III. Summing Up.- 23. Conclusion.- Appendixes.- A. Selected Examples of the Bylaws of Clinical Psychology Organizations.- B. Officers of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Related Organizations.- C. Recipients of Awards of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Related Organizations.- D. Alphabetical List of Officers and Awardees.- References.