ClaudSkills / Science & Research / biology-medicine

Clinical Foundations

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Clinical Foundations skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Clinical Foundations is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: biology-medicine · Last updated: 2026-05-21

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Foundations of clinical psychology and psychopathology. Covers anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, panic, phobias, OCD, PTSD), depressive disorders (major depression, persistent depressive disorder, bipolar), personality theories (psychodynamic, trait/Big Five, humanistic, social-cognitive), therapeutic approaches (CBT, psychodynamic, humanistic/person-centered, behavioral, pharmacological), the biopsychosocial model, DSM diagnostic framework, and the evidence base for psychological treatments. Use when analyzing psychological disorders, therapeutic approaches, personality assessment, or the intersection of biology, psychology, and social context in mental health.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Clinical Foundations includes pricing or quota commentary. At roughly 1,948 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Science & Research · biology-medicine
Indexed related skills: 10

How Clinical Foundations fits the catalog

Clinical Foundations sits in the Science & Research category under the biology-medicine sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Clinical psychology applies psychological science to the understanding, assessment, and treatment of psychological disorders. This skill covers the major categories of psychopathology, the dominant personality theories that inform clinical conceptualization, and the evidence-based therapeutic approaches used in practice. The organizing framework is the biopsychosocial model: psychological disorders arise from the interaction of biological vulnerabilities, psychological processes, and social-environmental factors.

What this skill does

Clinical Foundations is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the biology-medicine sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when analyzing psychological disorders, therapeutic approaches, personality assessment, or the intersection of biology, psychology, and social context in mental health.

Who uses this skill

The Clinical Foundations Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/clinical-foundations/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\clinical-foundations\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Clinical Foundations Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/clinical-foundations/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Clinical Foundations skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Clinical Foundations skill?

Use Clinical Foundations when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the biology medicine area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Clinical Foundations" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Clinical Foundations skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Clinical Foundations is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Clinical Foundations [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/clinical-foundations/

BibTeX

@misc{clinical-foundations-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Clinical Foundations [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/clinical-foundations/}
}

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