Historically, there has been little relation between theoretical and clinical psychology, for the latter could not easily be based upon academic psychology which neglected the problem of the whole individual. There has been much concern lest the current expansion of clinical psychology result in neglect of traditional psychology and basic research. On the contrary, it may shift the center of gravity in psychology toward concern with understanding the individual rather than study of segmented mechanisms of a hypothetical average man. Personality theory will be central in this reorientation, with emphasis on integrating social, abnormal, and clinical problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)