将医学心理学知识运用于临床,无论是西医还是中医很早以前就已开始。直到1896年,美国的L·Witener才首次提出临床心理学(Clinical Psychology)这一名称,又称作诊疗心理学。它包括了诊断、治疗、护理等整个临床过程中各种心理因素的分析。它注意研究人们正常和异常机能作用的心理因素,并用临床技术对这些心理因素进行评定和矫正,即用心理诊断、心理治疗、心理咨询、心理卫生等办法为医疗医学和预防医学服务。 The application of medical psychology knowledge in clinical practice, whether it is Western medicine or Chinese medicine has long ago started. It was not until 1896 that L · Witener in the United States first proposed the name Clinical Psychology, also known as psychotherapy. It includes the diagnosis, treatment, care and other clinical process of the various psychological factors in the analysis. It pays attention to researching the psychological factors of people’s normal and abnormal function, and using clinical technology to evaluate and correct these psychological factors, that is to use medical diagnosis and psychological treatment, psychological counseling, mental health and other methods for medical and preventive medicine services.