Clinical psychology

Psychiatry versus Psychology Often, when asked the difference, people will confuse the Psychiatry and Psychology professions. Even more often people will go so far as to say they are interchangeable. While these two professions can overlap and do have many similarities, they are not the same. In this paper I will focus on three main points of comparison between both practices. These points will be Education and Licensure requirements, Objective of Practitioners, and Focus of their fields.…

of my sophomore year. In due time, I started following my own path, and focused on what I wanted to achieve for myself. I started taking PSY2012, Intro to Psychology as a requirement during the fall, and immediately found myself feeling excited to go class everyday just to learn what new tricks the human brain could do. My passion for psychology grew stronger, so I started to stray away from biology. I ended up changing my major without my parents knowing, but it was for the best, because I…

The percentage of people that are working in that field gives me an idea about my decisions for careers that are an option if I was to graduate with a PHD in psychology. I have not researched the amount of money and the specific job options for myself yet. I would like to know more about the positions that I will be working in after I graduate and also the benefits I get through my job. Those are all life time…

This is true in many fields however, I want to focus on the impact of internationalization in the field of psychology, and how history and location can influence its materials. In recent years, psychology has seen an increase in international authors and collaborators, which has initiated a move towards a more…

School Psychology is a specialty that works with children, families, communities, and the education system. Within their realm are many fields of psychology that includes educational, developmental, clinical and behavioral psychology. As the American Psychological Association states “School psychologists are prepared to intervene at the individual and system level, and develop, implement, and evaluate preventive programs. In these efforts, they conduct ecologically valid assessments and…

going to talk and focus on in this report is clinical psychologist. My intended license goal is to get the doctoral degree of PhD and the Licensed Psychologists (LP/HSPP). Licensed Psychologist (LP) or Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) has had 4 years of graduate training of any clinical work experience and has also passed the EPPP test that is the Examination for Professional Practice of Psychology. Besides, The Health Service Provider in Psychology, or known as the HSPP is in charge to…

Provided with the knowledge of how to implement founded research into my future clinical practice another goal held by UWM for their students is to be able to apply the scientific knowledge while assessing a patient as well as having a clear understanding of human problems (UWM, 2015). Educated in the problems that an individual may encounter would allow myself to have as much of an understanding of the possible problems that I may encounter with patients within my future. Having prior…

Similarities In the careers of a psychologist and psychiatrist, both are able to teach at a university / college and if you were to go into clinical psychology both degrees can be used to treat people. To be able to teach at a college or university you must have at least a master’s degree and both options fulfil the requirements. In psychology you can either receive a master’s or doctorial degree, while a psychiatrist receives a doctorate degree after medical school. Once accepted to either a…

Diversity in Psychology The arena of psychology is a detailed discipline based on motivation, feelings, reason, and behavior. The field of psychology can divided into various subcomponents with many variations on specialties such as abnormal psychology, the study of deviant behavior, to fields that deal with psychology in the workplace such as industrial and organizational psychology that are concerned with applying psychological techniques and methods in the workplace. Psychology has…

police psychologist is trained in psychology, public safety and law enforcement. They do everything from participating in criminal investigations to performing psychological autopsies. Below explains how to become a police psychologist. What are the Basic Academic Requirements? According to the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), all psychology specializations require both basic and advanced requirements. First, the basic requirement for a psychology specialization is graduation…