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- Clinical Psychology is an applied branch that studies, diagnoses, and treats emotional and behavioural problems in individuals like mental illness, marital and familial conflict, drug addiction, severe depression, alcoholism, delinquency, etc.
- For diagnosis, clinical psychologists collect detailed information regarding the client through psychological tests and by conducting interviews of clients as well as their family and friends.
- Once the problem is diagnosed, they use appropriate psychotherapy to help the client overcome his problem.
- Clinical psychologists usually work in hospitals and community health centers or they may have their private practice.
- Clinical Psychology is the largest subfield of Psychology.
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