Psychology of the Scientist: XVII. Research has a Place in Private Practice

Abstract

“How Does a Fee Dependent Psychologist Continue his Scientific and Professional Growth?” was the title of a symposium at a recent APA convention. The purpose of the present article is to illustrate how it was done in a period of 18 yr. from 1934–1952 by one psychologist. Facts concerning money, motivation, and productivity are presented here. Documentary evidence includes a description of the extent and nature of productivity by way of publications as well as a picture of growth as a business enterprise considered financially. This material is preceded by a presentation of data concerning productivity in the Industrial Division since 1927, in the Clinical Division since 1947, followed by a consideration of patterns of professional values and 10 suggestions for improving the situation.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Barclay

The skew in clinical psychology: fact or artifact?

American Psychologist, 1964, 19, 812–813.

Baritz

The servants of power. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan Univer. Press, 1960.

Bordin

E. S.

Clinical psychology at the cross-roads. Newsletter, Division of Clinical Psychology, APA, 1963, 16(2), 2.

Bursch

J. F.

Meltzer

The new examination: its construction and use. Los Angeles: Southern California School Depository, Ltd., 1931.

Ginsburg

S. W.

Some notes on the private practice of psychiatry. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 1946, 6, 188–196.

Hobbs

Strategies for the development of clinical psychology. Newsletter, Division of Clinical Psychology, APA, 1963, 16(2), 3–6.

Humphrey

H. H.

The behavioral sciences and survival. American Psychologist, 1963, 18, 290–294.

Levy

L. H.

The skew in clinical psychology. American Psychologist, 1962, 17, 244–249.

Lowrey

L. G.

Orthopsychiatry 1923–1948. retrospect and prospect. Baltimore: American Orthopsychiatric Assn, Inc., 1948.

10.

Meltzer

The place of private practice in professional psychology. Journal of Psychology, 1958, 45, 93–108.

11.

Meltzer

Industrial psychology In Psychological Abstracts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 1960, 44, 111–114. (a)

12.

Meltzer

Scope of industrial psychology references in the

Annual Review. Journal of Psychology, 1960, 49, 43–56. (b)

13.

Meltzer

Bailor

E. M.

Developed lessons in psychology New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929.

14.

Richman

Reactions to Albee's “Psychology in the Sixties.”

American Psychologist, 1963, 18, 317.

15.

Viteles

M. S.

Man, mind and machines. International Association of Applied Psychology Bulletin, 1963, 12(1), 5–23.

16.

Whitehead

A. N.

Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead. Boston: Little-Brown, 1954.