The American Psychological Association (yakavambwa naG. Stanley Hall muna 1892) yakagadzira chikamu cheClinical Psychology, iyo yakapa chiziviso kusvikira 1927. Kukura mumunda kwaive kunonoka kwemakore mashoma akatevera apo masangano akasiyana-siyana asina kubatana epfungwa akaungana pamwechete seAmerican Association of Applied Psychology muna 1930, iyo yaizoshanda senzvimbo huru yevanyanzvi kusvikira mushure meHondo Yenyika II apo APA yakarongedzwazve. Muna 1945, APA yakagadzira izvo zvino zvinonzi Chikamu 12, chikamu chayo chepfungwa yekiriniki, iyo inoramba iri sangano rinotungamira mumunda. Masangano epfungwa nemasangano mune dzimwe nyika dzinotaura Chirungu, kusanganisira zvikamu muCanada, Britain, Australia, uye New Zealand Mubvunzo: zvakafanana zvakaitwa rini?
Muna 1927