Abstract
With the development of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and Evidence-Based Practice, the American Psychological Association and the British Psychological Society are large umbrella organization under which clinical psychologists cooperated with the researchers of psychonomic science. The benefits of cooperation between clinical psychology and psychonomic science in Japan are discussed, taking an example of the study of schizotypal personality traits (schizotypy). A perspective that situates schizophrenia on a continuum implies that a cognitive psychological approach to the schizotypal personality in the general population could be useful to understand schizophrenia. The establishment of abnormal psychology in Japan is proposed, which will interface clinical psychology practice with academic psychology.
