The University of Kentucky Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program offers a concentration in Clinical Neuropsychology. This concentration is organized to meet the INS/Division 40 guidelines for doctoral training clinical psychology. It is intended to prepare graduate students for an internship in clinical neuropsychology, and ideally a post-doctoral fellowship as well.

The clinical neuropsychology concentration is a specialty area within the clinical psychology doctoral training program, and students must first be admitted to the clinical program and must follow all procedures and requirements necessary for admission and ultimately graduation from the clinical program.

Because of the substantial additional course requirements (approximately 15 hours) and other experiences necessary to meet the INS/Division 40 guidelines, the clinical neuropsychology program will typically require at least 5 years of graduate training prior to the internship. However, because research training is an important component of the concentration, students should complete the dissertation prior to internship, and hence, be able to complete the Ph.D. in 6 years, approximating the median time currently taken to complete the Ph.D. (6-7 years). Although the program only guarantees support for the first 4 years, in practice, all 5th year students desiring support through the department have obtained it in recent years.

The clinical neuropsychology concentration is housed in the doctoral clinical psychology training program offered by the Department of Psychology, but a number of additional neuropsychologists are affiliated with the concentration. Currently five neuropsychologists are involved in the concentration.

A number of training sites feature neuropsychological experience, including Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, the Department of Psychiatry at the UKMC, the Department of Neurology at the UKMC, the Aging Center at the UKMC, the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Eastern State Hospital, and the Harris Psychological Services Center.

For further information about the concentration in neuropsychology, please click on Information on Neuropsychology or contact:

    David T. R. Berry
    Coordinator of Neuropsychology Concentration
    Department of Psychology
    115 Kastle Hall
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, KY 40506-0044