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3. Clinical psychologists are on the front line
in the treatment of the mental health
problems
4. Clinical psychology is the scientific study ,
diagnosis and treatment of people who
have psychological problems adjusting to
themselves and environment .
5. Clinical psychologists deal with both
normal and abnormal behaviours
6. They administrate and interpret
psychological test , and assist in the
diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorder .they do study the structures and
development of personality
7. Major professions in the mental health field
other than Clinical psychology include
Psychiatrists
Counseling psychologists
Psychiatric social workers
Rehabilitation psychologists
School psychologists
Health psychologists
Psychiatric nurses
Para professionals
8. A clinical psychologist is a professional
who applies principles and procedures to
understand predict and alleviate
intellectual , emotional , psychological and
behavioral problems
9. Professional skills / activities of a clinical
psychologist
Assessment and diagnosis
Therapy
Teaching
Clinical supervision
Research
Consultation
Program development
Administration
10. How a clinical psychologist thinks
A series of four tasks are central to how
clinical psychologists think about people and
problems whether in generating research and
knowledge for the field as a whole or for
gaining a better understanding of a given
individual
Description
Explanation
Prediction
Change of human functioning
11. General hospital and medical clinics
Mental health clinics and psychiatric
Hospital , rehabilition hospitals and clinics
AND Community service agencies
Private practice
Universities and colleges
Industry
The military
Prison and correctional facilities
Private and governmental reasearch agencies
school
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
EMPLOYEE SETTINGS
12. Areas that clinical psychology investigate
include
The role of psychology factors in the
development of physical diseases
The prevention of violent behaviour
The long term consequences of sexual
assaualt , harrasment and rape
Study of individual differences
Prevention of psychotathology
RESEARCH IN CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
13. In the work related activities
psychologists donot engage in unfair
discrimination based on age , gender ,
gender identity, race , ethnicity , culture ,
national origion , religion , sexual
orientation , disability , socio economic
status , or any baisis proscribed by law
14. Psychologists do not engage knowingly in
behaviour that is harrasing or demeaning to
person with whom they interact in their work
based on factors such as age , gender
Avoid :
Harm
Multiple relationships
Conflict of interest
Third party requests for services
exploitative relationships
15. The intake /admission interview
The case history interview
Mental status examination interview
The crisis interview
Diagnostic interview
Structured interview
Types of interview
16. Problem identification
Problem analysis
Assessment planning
Treatment evaluation
Behavioral interviewing
17. Advances in clinical health psychology to
include a no. of physical disorders and
diseases – psychologists contribute
directly to the prevention and treatment
of among other diseases ,cancer
,diabeties , hypertension , and aids
18. Psychotherapy is a process of discovery –
a learning process . In it , we can work
together to discover what events ,
situations and relationships in your
current life or earlier life are leaving you
with uncomfortable feelings or ways of
dealing with your world that are not
working as well as you want
19. Neuropsychology can be defined as the
study of the relation between brain
function and behaviour
Forensic psychology is the application of
the methods , theories and concepts of
psychology to the legal system