Clinical Psychology: An Evaluation [I948]

Clinical psychology, having celebrated its fiftieth birthday (Brotemarkle, 1947), is now entering adolescence. Puberty seems to have arrived with a vigor and animation, not untouched with brashness, in marked contrast to the extended, rather asthenic, childhood. Its zeal is in fact creating problems for its parent and more remotely related disciplines. These fields themselves are in a state of postwar reorganization and find it necessary to reorient to this additional pressure. I shall attempt in this essay to follow through the high points of the child's development, evaluate the features of his adolescence, and consider the promise of his maturity.