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clinical psychology

clinical psychology noun: a branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

Noun

clinical psychology (uncountable)

  1. A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

clinical psychology meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

clinical psychology in Hindi

branch of psychology
नैदानिक मनोविज्ञान naidānik manovijñān

clinical psychology in Arabic

branch of psychology
عِلْم نَفْس سَرِيرِيّ ʕilm nafs sarīriyy

clinical psychology in Malay

branch of psychology
psikologi klinikal

clinical psychology in Indonesian

branch of psychology
psikologi klinis
More languagesFewer languages
clinical psychology in Persian
روانشناسی بالینی
clinical psychology in Thai
จิตวิทยาคลินิก jìt wíttáyaa klínìk
clinical psychology in Vietnamese
tâm lý học lâm sàng

Questions about clinical psychology

What does clinical psychology mean?
Clinical psychology means a branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
What is clinical psychology in Hindi?
Clinical psychology in Hindi is नैदानिक मनोविज्ञान (naidānik manovijñān). See Clinical psychology meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is clinical psychology?
Clinical psychology is a noun.

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  2. clinical linguistics
  3. clinical manifestation
  4. clinical medicine
  5. clinical pathology
  6. clinical psychology
  7. clinical stamp
  8. clinical stamps
  9. clinical trial
  10. clinical trials
  11. clinicality

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