Examination of Clinical Psychology Paper
Francine Morgan
PSY 480
June 11, 2012
Professor Elizabeth Kane

Examination of Clinical Psychology Paper
A branch of psychology that deals with assessing and treating abnormal behavior, psychiatric disorders, and mental illness is clinical psychology which is a form of science psychology. In this field of clinical psychology, psychologist treats elderly individuals, young children and their families, even though an individual’s socioeconomic status is not an issue in the decision making process of who should receive treatment. Clinical psychologist deals with an individual that has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and individual coping with his or her own issues, such as losing a love one or divorce. Clinical psychologist let’s patients express his or her frustrations while assisting them in understanding his or her ability and skills in using different techniques to help patients, depending on their psychologist’s area of expertise.
In the early 1800’s, psychology has been around since 2500 B.C. In this time, the approach to examining mental health involved supernatural, religious aspects, and medical. The Greek physician Hippocrates, known as the father of ancient medicine, played a role in the development of psychology. The Hippocrates came up with the theory of humors, which consists of four bodily fluids, and they are the key to good health, which the fluid colors are yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm (Plante, 2011). A body with too much phlegm causes him or her to experience lethargic and tiredness; therefore, too much blood would cause irritability. An individual body with too much yellow bile will experience anxiety; while he or her body with too much black bile can experience melancholy. The father of ancient medicine believes in healthy diet, and exercise can prevent or treat