Clinical Psychological Science
Psychology (General)
A confluence of recent developments has made clinical psychological science increasingly central to all areas of psychological science, including:
- translational research, which recognizes that mental illness is grounded in disruption of basic psychological processes (e.g., cognition, emotion, socialization, personality, perception, learning, motivation, development)
- transdiagnostic approaches, which focus on disrupted processes that are common to different forms of psychopathology (e.g., sleep, emotion regulation and expression, attachment)
- empirically supported assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
- molecular and behavioral genetics and proteomics, which link common and uncommon variations in genes with behaviors relevant to psychopathology and well-being
- neuroimaging, which enables characterization of the integrity of neural networks and patterns of brain activation associated with normal and abnormal functioning and suggests new avenues for diagnosis and evaluation of treatment effects
- new treatments focusing on brain and behavior change (e.g., transmagnetic stimulation, direct neural stimulation, new drug and/or behavioral treatment delivery systems, gene-targeted therapies)
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Clinical Psychological Science publishes advances in clinical science and provides a venue for cutting-edge research across a wide range of conceptual views, approaches, and topics. The Journal encompasses many core domains that have defined clinical psychology, but also boundary-crossing advances that integrate and make contact with diverse disciplines and that may not easily be found in traditional clinical psychology journals. Among the key topics are research on the underlying mechanisms and etiologies of psychological health and dysfunction; basic and applied work on the diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental illness; service delivery; and promotion of well-being.
This broadly based international Journal sits at the interface of clinical psychological science and other disciplines, publishing the best papers from the full spectrum of relevant science. The Journal welcomes empirical papers as well as occasional reviews and associated theoretical formulations addressing the following:
- Research from all areas of psychology and from all disciplines (e.g., genetics, neuroscience, psychiatry, public health, sociology) insofar as they relate to clinical psychology issues broadly conceived;
- Basic research on the psychological and related processes that are disrupted in psychopathology;
- Research on core areas of cognition, emotion, learning, memory, sensation, perception, and neuroscience that clearly addresses clinical phenomena;
- Research related to clinical issues at all levels of analysis (from genes and molecules to contexts and cultures), using the full range of behavioral and biological methods, and incorporating both human and non-human animal models;
- Research on specific clinical symptoms, syndromes, and diagnostic systems;
- Studies with clinical patient populations as well as studies using non-clinical or pre-clinical populations that are relevant to understanding clinical dysfunction;
- Basic and applied research relevant to clinical diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and treatment;
- Research focusing on precursors and risk factors for dysfunction as well as protective factors and resources that promote resilience and adaptive functioning;
- Cultural and ethnic studies that advance our understanding of processes that relate to development of mental health or dysfunction; and
- Sophisticated, cross-cutting, and novel methodological, statistical, and mathematical approaches that enable advances in research.
These examples and all such approaches are critical components of the Journal. However, the very nature of what is meant by cutting-edge and the rapid advances in methods of assessment mean that its scope cannot be fully enumerated. The key criterion is that the research directly inform some facet of clinical psychology.
| Chelsea Boccagno | T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University in Boston, MA, USA |
| Jennifer L. Tackett | Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Dieu Truong | Sam Houston State University, Department of Philosophy & Psychology, USA |
| Pim Cuipjers | VU Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Psychology, The Netherlands |
| Kelsie T. Forbush | University of Kansas, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Vina Goghari | University of Toronto, Department of Psychology, Canada |
| DeMond M. Grant | Oklahoma State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Aleksandra Kaurin | University of Wuppertal, Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Jennifer Lau | King's College London, Department of Psychology, UK |
| Steve S. Lee | University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Tamika C. Zapolski | Indiana University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Andrea Howard | Carleton University, Canada |
| Olivia Kirtley | KU Leuven, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Belgium |
| Heather L. Urry | Tufts University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Becca G. White | Association for Psychological Science |
| Susanne Bücker | German Sport University Cologne, Psychological Institute, Germany |
| Inken Höller | University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Tina In-Albon | University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Olivia Kirtley | KU Leuven, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Belgium |
| Anne Milek | Witten/Herdecke University, Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Philip S. Santangelo | University of Hagen, Department of Psychology, Germany |
| Salome Vanwoerden | University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Mario Wenzel | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Psychology, Germany |
| Theodore Beauchaine | University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Silke Behrendt | University of Southern Denmark, Department of Psychology, Denmark |
| Brittany Bohrer | University of California, San Diego, Health Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, USA |
| Avshalom Caspi | Duke University, USA |
| Christian Chan | The University of Hong Kong, Department of Psychology, People’s Republic of China |
| Alex S. Cohen | Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Karin Coifman | Kent State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jonathan S. Comer | Florida International University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Ioana Cristea | University of Pavia, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Italy |
| Andres De Los Reyes | University of Maryland, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jonas Dora | Department of Psychology, University of Washington |
| David D. Ebert | VU Amsterdam, Department of Psychology, The Netherlands |
| Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Germany |
| Eiko Fried | Leiden University, Clinical Psychology Department, Netherlands |
| Delia Fuhrmann | King’s College London, Department of Psychology, UK |
| Chardée A. Galán | University of Southern California Dornsife, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Dylan G. Gee | Yale University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Laura T. Germine | McLean Hospital, Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, and Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, USA |
| Brandon E. Gibb | Binghamton University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jeffrey M. Girard | The University of Kansas, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Joseph P. Gone | Harvard University, Department of Anthropology, and Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, USA |
| Lauren Hallion | University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Michael Hallquist | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, USA |
| Nick Haslam | University of Melbourne, School of Psychological Sciences, Australia |
| Emily Holmes | Uppsala University, Department of Psychology, Sweden |
| Jonathan D. Huppert | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Psychology, Israel |
| Luke W. Hyde | University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Ross Jacobucci | University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Sheri L. Johnson | University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Matt Judah | University of Arkansas, Department of Psychological Science, USA |
| Kevin M. King | University of Washington, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Evan M. Kleiman | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Psychology, USA |
| David R. Kolar | Department of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| Autumn Kujawa | Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA |
| Junghee Lee | The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, USA |
| Joelle LeMoult | The University of British Columbia, Department of Psychology, Canada |
| Cheri A. Levinson | University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, USA |
| Andrew Littlefield | Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, USA |
| Richard Liu | Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, USA |
| Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces | Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, USA |
| Priscilla Lui | Southern Methodist University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Wolfgang Lutz | University of Trier, Department of Psychology, Germany |
| David K. Marcus | Washington State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Kristian E. Markon | University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, USA |
| Michelle M. Martel | University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Brian P. Marx | U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, National Center for PTSD, USA |
| Juliette McClendon | National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| Isha W. Metzger | University of Georgia, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Marcel Miché | University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Switzerland |
| Meghan Miller | University of California, Davis, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute, USA |
| Antonio A. Morgan-López | RTI International, North Carolina, USA |
| Kristin Naragon-Gainey | The University of Western Australia, School of Psychological Science, Australia |
| Roisin M. O’Connor | Concordia University Montreal, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Thomas M. Olino | Temple University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Henry Otgaar | Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, and KU Leuven, Faculty of Law, The Netherlands |
| Vikram Patel | Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Population, USA |
| Sarah Pedersen | University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology, USA |
| Koraly Pérez-Edgar | Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Victoria Pile | King's College London, Department of Psychology, UK |
| Daniel S. Pine | National Institute of Mental Health, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, USA |
| Belinda Platt | Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Andrew Przybylski | University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, UK |
| Soledad Quero | Jaume I University, Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Spain |
| Kathleen Reardon | Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, USA |
| Soo Rhee | University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, USA |
| Leah Richmond-Rakerd | University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Craig Rodriguez-Seijas | University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, USA |
| David Rosenfield | Southern Methodist University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jessica Salvatore | Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Jessica L. Schleider | Stony Brook University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Edward A. Selby | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Psychology |
| Tomer Shechner | University of Haifa, Department of Psychology, Israel |
| Jasper A. Smits | University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology, USA |
| José A. Soto | The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Sarah H. Sperry | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA |
| Kasey Stanton | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Gregory P. Strauss | University of Georgia, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Charles T. Taylor | University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, USA |
| Bethany A. Teachman | University of Virginia, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Timothy Trull | University of Missouri, Department of Psychological Sciences, USA |
| Laura M. Tully | University of California, Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA |
| Sarah E. Victor | Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, USA |
| David Watson | University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Ashley Watts | University of Missouri, USA |
| Jennifer Wildes | University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, USA |
| Michael W. Williams | University of Houston, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Sylia Wilson | University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development, USA |
| Marcella L. Woud | Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Germany |
| Lira Yoon | University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Psychology |
| Peter Zachar | Auburn University at Montgomery, Department of Psychology, USA |
| Johannes Zimmermann | University of Kassel, Germany |
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