Mental Health Professions
Mental Health Professions: Psychology
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D.Psychology is a broad academic, scientific and clinical discipline united by the fact that all psychologists engage in the study of mental (and often behavioral) processes. Here we limit discussion to the sub-field of Clinical Psychology ? the application of psychological knowledge to the alleviation of human suffering.
Clinical Psychologists are usually doctoral level professionals having either a Ph.D. or Psy.D. degree requiring 5-6 years of study beyond completion of undergraduate college work, and a year long residency/internship at a clinic or hospital. The Ph.D. degree is generally granted to psychologists who have had scientific training (conducting research) in addition to training in providing therapy and assessment. The Psy.D. degree, in contrast, is granted to persons who have specialized more narrowly in becoming psychotherapists and clinical assessors.
Clinical Psychologists usually offer two skills to the healthcare marketplace. They are highly trained psychotherapists, and they are expert administrators and interpreters of psychological tests (IQ tests, personality tests, brain functioning tests, etc.). Psychologists are generally not able to prescribe medicine (exceptions to this generalization are found in the military, and in the states of New Mexico and Louisiana where properly trained psychologists have been granted the ability to prescribe psychoactive medications).
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Questions and Answers
- Is it OK to give my therapist a gift?
- abuse toward bi-polars
- Comunication between Dr.'s
- Trusting health providers
- What is your theoretical perspective?
- Unethical Counselor
- Abusive Therapist
- What Does GAF Stand For?
- Healthy Sadness
- Ethics Question
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Book & Media Reviews
- A Research Agenda for DSM-V
- Community and In-Home Behavioral Health Treatment
- Conflict of Interest in the Professions
- Creative Writing In Health And Social Care
- Defining Psychopathology in the 21st Century
- Ethics of Psychiatry
- First, Do No Harm
- Gracefully Insane
- Intensive Care
- No Apparent Distress
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- Rewarding Specialties for Mental Health Clinicians
- The Ethical Dimensions of the Biological and Health Sciences
- The Farm Colonies: Caring for New York City's Mentally Ill In Long Island's State Hospitals
- The Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online
- The Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online
- The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals
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- When to Seek Counseling for Your Mental Health Video
- Treating Anxiety Disorders: A Unified Protocol
- Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Clients: Volume 2
- Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Clients: Volume 1
- Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Clients: Volume 3
- NAMI's Ask the Doctor Call--Changes to the DSM
- NAMI's Ask the Doctor Calls--Successful Aging with Schizophrenia
- Beyond the Data -- Preventing Suicide: A Comprehensive Public Health Approach
- Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health Professionals Video
- DSM-5 Update for Mental Health Counselors
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- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Techniques for Emotional Dysregulation
- Achieving Psychotherapy Effectiveness
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
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More Information
- Wise Counsel Interview Transcript: An Interview with William Robiner, Ph.D. ABPP on Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
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