clinical psychology

noun

: a branch of psychology concerned with researching, diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral issues

Examples of clinical psychology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The author is a former film producer who’s finishing her master of arts in clinical psychology. — Kendall Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Pimentel, who lives in the Chicagoland area and is completing her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology, was diagnosed with stage 3 leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in June 2024, just before her 27th birthday. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Along with law and medicine, that list also included theology, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, clinical psychology and more. — ABC News, 29 June 2026

That limited graduate nursing students to borrowing $20,500 a year, while students in clinical psychology, optometry and podiatry, as well as medicine, dentistry and law, could borrow $50,000. — Lisa Chambers, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for clinical psychology

• anesthesiology
• epidemiology
• ethnomethodology
• ethnomusicology
• gastroenterology
• immunobiology
• immunopathology
• neuropharmacology
• neurophysiology
• neuroradiology
• otolaryngology
• paleobiology

Medical Definition

clinical psychology

noun

: a branch of psychology concerned with researching, diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral issues