CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clinical psychology mean? 

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (noun)
  The noun CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior

  Familiarity information: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("clinical psychology" is a kind of...):

mental hygiene; psychotherapeutics; psychotherapy (the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods)