PSY 4372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Medical Prescription

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Lecture 3: Activities and Employment
Activities of clinical psychologists: assessment, intervention, research, clinical supervision, and
administration.
Consultation: providing expert information to other practitioners working on a case.
Assessment
makes a large percentage of clinical psychologists engagement
over a quarter of professional time is devoted to assessment
assessment might focus on the individual, couple, or family
may address many different types of questions
Multi-Method Approach: different methods (interview, tests, behavioural tasks) to evaluate the
individual
Multi-Informant Procedure: especially when working with children, looking at thoughts and
behaviour over different situations.
Intervention: professional activity engaged in by highest percentage of clinical psychologists.
Largest percentage of professional time is devoted to intervention.
many clients only attend a few sessions, drop out rates are high
a lot of people don't last for more than 4 sessions
Research: half of clinicians engage in research.
for many conducting research is only small part of the workday
consuming research is a part of being an ethical researcher
Clinical Supervision
almost half engage in clinical supervision
model of supervision reflects model of supervisor
very little research on what makes a good supervisor
Administration
almost half of psychologists spend some of their time in administration
being the head of cpa, a lab, a faculty, etc.
Where clinical psychologists work: hospitals, community clinics, residential clinics, child
protection agencies, prisons, family practice, private mental health practice, universities.
Prescriptive Authority as Clinical Psychologists
Pro
brain-behaviour links
psychologists could be as competent as as other health-care providers
offer comprehensive services
especially helpful in remote or underserved areas
Con
many lead to greater prescribing as it is quicker short-term
psychologists should focus only on psychological interventions
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Activities of clinical psychologists: assessment, intervention, research, clinical supervision, and administration. Consultation: providing expert information to other practitioners working on a case. Assessment: makes a large percentage of clinical psychologists engagement, over a quarter of professional time is devoted to assessment, assessment might focus on the individual, couple, or family, may address many different types of questions. Multi-method approach: different methods (interview, tests, behavioural tasks) to evaluate the individual. Multi-informant procedure: especially when working with children, looking at thoughts and behaviour over different situations. Intervention: professional activity engaged in by highest percentage of clinical psychologists. Largest percentage of professional time is devoted to intervention: many clients only attend a few sessions, drop out rates are high, a lot of people don"t last for more than 4 sessions. Research: half of clinicians engage in research: for many conducting research is only small part of the workday, consuming research is a part of being an ethical researcher.

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