Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 157-171, Jun 2007. Scholarly productivity of 166 American Psychological Association–accredited clinical psychology PhD programs was measured to provide objective, normative data. Publications were tallied over a five-year period (2000–2004) for individual faculty members fr...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 77-93, Jun 2007. A number of investigations have utilized factor analysis or similar data analytic methods to examine the empirical validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classification system of Axis II personality pathology. This article r...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 99-102, Jun 2007. As Sheets and Craighead (2007) note, the current organization of personality disorders (PDs) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is limited by excessive comorbidity among different forms of personality pathology and by co-oc...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 149-156, Jun 2007. Jaaniste, Hayes, and von Baeyer contribute to the growing body of work on preparing children for medical events by describing an Information Provision Model to aid clinicians in developing effective preparatory tools. This commentary considers the contrib...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 172-174, Jun 2007. We consider the potential upsides and downsides to expectations for high levels of scholarly productivity among clinical doctoral students in scientist–practitioner programs. As expectations for students rise, there is the potential for considerable growt...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 94-98, Jun 2007. The review of Sheets and Craighead (2007) affirms the lack of discriminant validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders personality disorders, focusing in particular on the three clusters. They call for an empirically based, dimen...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 103-105, Jun 2007. This commentary elaborates on threads picked up by Sheets and Craighead (2007). In moving forward toward an empirically based classification of personality pathology, it will be important to collect data that go beyond either self-report or clinician repo...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 106-116, Jun 2007. Despite over 20 years of research, the efficacy of group psychological debriefing remains unresolved. The present review outlines a clear strategy to answer this empirical question. Rather than critically evaluating individual studies, the critique focuse...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 117-120, Jun 2007. Tuckey (2007) provides a critique of the conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the debriefing debate and offers suggestions for advancing the field. This commentary provides further analysis of the debriefing debate and, in particular, highlig...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 124-143, Jun 2007. Information provision is an important aspect of preparing children for medical procedures. Parents and health professionals are often unsure of what to tell a child about a forthcoming medical procedure, how this information should be conveyed, and when i...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 121-123, Jun 2007. Tuckey's (2007) article explores reasons why the debate on psychological debriefing has persisted for two decades without apparent resolve. One of its strengths lies in the focus on the methodology of the research literature (rather than findings), and pr...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 144-148, Jun 2007. Children experience frequent medical pain, which can have short- and long-term negative repercussions. Fortunately, preparation programs and behavioral interventions have been developed to minimize procedural anxiety and pain, and offset delayed negative ...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 175-178, Jun 2007. As a potential indicator of program quality, publication counts are of interest to colleagues who are invested in this activity, generally, and ultimately of little use in evaluating doctoral training. Quality programs are inherently multidimensional and ...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 39-57, Mar 2007. The co-occurrence of schizophrenia and alcohol use disorders often leads to poor treatment retention and adherence. Both empirical research and statements of best practices suggest that interventions including motivational interviewing principles can enha...

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 1-5, Mar 2007. The several articles and commentaries in this Special Issue of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice draw needed attention to the high prevalence of comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders and how these disorders are related to an increase in...