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1 online resource (x, 184 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction -- Origins of VA psychology and the 1st decade of training -- Growth and maturation years of VA psychology and the VA training program -- Psychology and the VA cooperative research programs -- VA psychology and internal research laboratories -- VA psychology and treatment services -- Defining and defending the practice of psychology in the VA -- Past to present: contributions of VA psychology to health care and the profession -- Appendix: Timeline of VA and psychology historical events and key VA psychology leadership appointments, 1930-1999 |
| Summary |
"This book examines the government's role in caring for veterans and shows how it shaped the science and profession of psychology. The VA led the country in establishing credentials for the practice of psychology. Large-scale employment of clinical and counseling psychologists in the VA led to the emergence of psychologists as health care practitioners in this country. Psychologists had significant leadership roles in the VA's innovative, multisite cooperative research studies and pioneered health care research in such areas as psychopharmacology, gerontology, and tuberculosis. Their work was important in the shift toward a behavioral model of treatment. They also helped establish a number of trends for mental health services in the country, including group therapy, compensated work therapy, and other rehabilitation programs. Additionally, VA psychologists formed advocacy networks among themselves and with the American Psychological Association (APA) and Congress. This book continues the story of the reciprocal influence of psychology and government that was begun in Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A Historical Analysis of Science, Practice, and Policy (APA, 2005). Target readers for this book include psychologists who work in health care fields or have connections with the VA, and others interested in the history of psychology and postwar American life"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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PsycBOOKS (EBSCO) EBSCO |
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
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USA Department of Veterans Affairs gnd |
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Mental health policy -- United States -- History
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Veterans -- Medical care -- United States -- History
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Psychologists -- Training of -- United States -- History
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Psychology -- Research -- United States -- History
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Veterans -- history
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Mental Health Services -- history
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Government Agencies -- history
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Mental health policy
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Psychologists -- Training of
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Psychology -- Research
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Veterans -- Medical care
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Psychologie
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Veteran
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Geestelijke gezondheidszorg.
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Psychologen.
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Veteranen.
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United States |
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Pickren, Wade E
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| LC no. |
2006013193 |
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