Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Music Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Thursday, september 15, 2016 clinical psychology introduction to clinical psychology. Who provides mental health services: psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, marriage/family/ child counselling, counsellors /art therapists/ play therapists. What is clinical psychology: sub eld of psychology, psychological theory research, to understand, predict and control (and/or treat) thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Psychiatrists: physician, rooted in organized medicine, actual background psychoanalytic, complete medical training plus a 4 year residency in psychiatry, psychopharmacological treatment. Psychiatric nurses: trained in the medical model, bsc nursing (4 year degree, spend many hours with patients, implement treatments (including meds) Clinical social worker: ba or masters, assist individuals, groups or communities to restore or enhance their capacity for social functioning while creating societal conditions favourable to their goals, familial and social (but also psychological) determinants of pathology. !1: less extensive training than psychologists or psychiatrists. Different types/levels of training: occupational therapist (ot)