Essays Tagged: "Clinical psychology"
Forensic Psychology as a career.
a very limited numberof academic institutions that specifically offer a Forensic Psychology degree. Clinical, social,cognitive, criminal investigative, and developmental psychology also help to prepar ... y things you can do in the field of Forensic Psychology. Here are someexamples of interesting areas:Clinical-Forensic PsychologyClinical-forensic psychology is the subfield that most people are famili ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
How to become a Psychologist and what it will be like.
s just to figure out what is wrong with you (which sounds like fun to me).The Types of PsychologistsClinical psychologists, who make up the largest specialty of psychology, generally work in independe ... pendent or group practice, or in hospitals assisting mentally or emotionally disturbed individuals. Clinical psychologists provide group therapy, such as abuse counseling, marriage and child counselin ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Schizophrenia
c, Disorganized, Paranoid, Residual, and Undifferentiated schizophrenia (http://www.psychnet-uk.com/clinical_psychology/clinical_psychology_schizophrenia2_types.htm).To diagnose someone as having schi ... o was diagnosed.1http://health.yahoo.com/centers/personality/000928.html2http://www.psychnet-uk.com/clinical_psychology/clinical_psychology_schizophrenia2_types.htm3http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/s ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Choose one anxiety disorder, and evaluate the types of treatment used, and their effectiveness.
hilst it was once regarded as a rare example of the neuroses, it now occupies a central position in clinical psychology, and contemporary psychiatry. In America OCD is the fourth most common disorder, ... , in the treatment of OCD. The study showed that with a variety of outcome measures, such as global clinical improvement, and psychological adjustment, drugs were far superior to placebo treatment, wi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Intro to Psychology
e results to solve practical human problems. There are five major areas of research: biopsychology, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology. Both bas ... ial psychology. Both basic and applied research are conducted in each of those fields of psychology.Clinical psychology - is dedicated to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses and ot ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
r alcohol addiction problems, depression, and other disorders; they also foster healthy behavior.3. Clinical PsychologyClinical Psychology is the practice and research that applies psychological princ ... iculties resulting from adolescent rebellion to more chronic conditions such as schizophrenia.Other clinical psychologists treat particular problems such as phobias and depression and are focused on s ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Forensic Psychology and how it applies to my future as a lawyer
logists who do this, forensic psychologists come in many different forms, among which are: lawyers, clinical psychologists, police officers, and many more. I learned that there were different types of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Psychologist
and have trouble adapting to school or work life.Some psychologists specialize in certain areas: - Clinical psychologists work in places such as hospitals, clinics and counselling centres. They help ... ilitating illness; others may be going through a divorce or grieving the death of a loved one. Some clinical psychologists work with other specialists to develop and run patient treatment programs; ot ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Psychology
study the human mind and human behavior. There are many different kinds of psychologists, including clinical psychologists, health psychologists, neuropsychologists and geropsychologists.Clinical psyc ... ubstance abuse treatment clinics A doctoral degree is usually required for employment as a licensed clinical or counseling psychologist. Psychologists that have a Ph.D. are qualified for a variety of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Clinical Psychology
ional practitioner of psychology. In particular, the major responsibilities roles and activities of clinical psychologists will be discussed.Clinical psychology has been defined by Coolican (1996 p.15 ... s been defined by Coolican (1996 p.15) where, ??a clinical psychologist applies psychology within a clinical context, usually a hospital, medical or community setting, with people who consider themsel ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Clinical Psychology
ional practitioner of psychology. In particular, the major responsibilities roles and activities of clinical psychologists will be discussed.Clinical psychology has been defined by Coolican (1996 p.15 ... be discussed.Clinical psychology has been defined by Coolican (1996 p.15) where, "…a clinical psychologist applies psychology within a clinical context, usually a hospital, medical or c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The Left vs. the Right Brain
over time, as was the case with medieval psychologists, the concepts of experimental psychology and clinical psychology began emerging. From that point, different branches of psychology emerged with d ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
A study of logical fallacies and linguistic pitfalls in daily life
tely connected to the beginning of an epidemic in obesity, according to Jane Wardle, a professor of clinical psychology at University College London. "I looked at the figures showing rates of obesity ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Guidelines for Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual-Affirmative Educational Practices in Graduate Psychology Programs
training in GLB issues is inadequate in psychology programs. They contended thatboth counseling and clinical psychology need to ensure that graduate programs make more consistent and more concerted ef ... ect persons, including judging that it would be safe to come out, deciding it was relevant to their clinical work, and feeling increased comfort about their sexual orientation (Lark & Croteau, 199 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Explore the question "what is psychology?" Provide clear definitions and explanations that demonstrate your knowledge of it's historical development then conclude with a definition.
nd definitions to consider. Many for example would argue psychology to be an art form, particularly clinical psychology which far from the applying of standard techniques requires experience to get th ... ques requires experience to get the most desirable result. It can't be denied that the success of a clinical psychologist and progress of his or her patient is largely dependant on the psychologist's ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Psychological tests and measurements: Beck Depression Inventory
surement of depression (2000). BDI is a measurement that has been applied to various fields such as clinical psychology. The primary purpose of BDI is to use the meta-analytic reliability generalizati ... ing from 0- 63 (MindDisorders.com, 2009). The BDI is one of the most popular testing tools, used by clinical psychologists, for diagnosing depression. The BDI was designed to be used by mental health ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Sharing Open Secrets in Training Future Generations of Clinical Psychologists
ioral issues have beenaddressed previously by other professions who have less related scientific or clinicalexpertise (e.g., health care administration). Others among us, however, prefer a morecautiou ... (Bieschke, Fouad, Collins, Jr., & Halonen, 2004, p. 715) at all levels of decision making where clinical psychologists work.Research has revealed consistently that clinical psychologists are the v ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Approaches to Clinical Psychology
In the field of clinical psychology four major approaches are used to understand human behavior and to formulate pla ... he desired changes (Plante, 2005).Some techniques and strategies used by the humanistic approach to clinical psychology would be different types of group counseling along with family and marital thera ... nal inner growth and taking responsibility for oneself with the use of therapies. Phenomenology and clinical approaches are key in studying how the individual views life and his or her position in the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Four Major Approaches to Clinical Psychology
There are many approaches to clinical psychology; the four major approaches are in psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanisti ... ak down the approaches, goals, techniques, and the overall approaches used.Philosophical Origins of Clinical Psychology ApproachesAs Thomas Plante (2005) cleverly suggested, clinical psychology is bot ... an art. Scientific research and inquiry helps establish appropriate and effective therapies just as clinical experience allows for improvement in design and implementation (Plante, 2005). One of the p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Forensic
logy[Writer Name][Institute Name]�Assessments/testing used in Forensic PsychologyIntroductionClinical psychology or Forensic psychology is an ever evolving discipline. They are not restricted t ... (Brent; 2002).DiscussionTo begin with, the objectives of forensic psychologists are different from clinical psychologists. They must follow the suit in order to approach to mental judgments of the co ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health