PSY 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mental Health Professional, Major Depressive Disorder, Counseling Psychology
6 Apr 2016
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1/10 canadians report symptoms consistent with diagnosis of mental disorder. Who seek health services has diagnosable mental, neuro or behavioural problem that is unlikely to be diagnosed or treated: costs b annually (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) what is clinical psychology. Broad approach to human problems (individual and interpersonal) consisting of: assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, program development, administration, research. With many populations availability fewer than 1 mental health professional for every 100,000 worldwide. Canada- 35 mental health professional for every 100,000: better than most except germany (51) Mental health commission of canada: reduce stigma, train public for crisis intervention, develop strategy, make public /providers aware of evidence-based treatment. Let people know who are practicing that they have to do therapy with research to support it. But they don"t get free training to do these therapies. Create awareness to match illnesses with the right evidence based treatment: provide housing support for people with mental illness, peer support.
