Exam One Flashcards
What does the clinical psych definition FOCUS ON?
INTEGRATION of science and practice, the APPLICATION of this integrated knowledge across diverse human pop., and the PURPOSE of alleviating human suffering and promoting health.
Personal Reqs. to be Clinical Psychologist
More to do with attitudes and character than with training and credentialing. MOST DISTINGUISHING FACTOR: clinical attitude/clinical approach (tendency to combine knowledge from research on human behavior and mental processes with efforts at individual assessment in order to understand and help a particular person.
Legal, Education, and Ethical Reqs
degree + state/national licence. (full license = independent)
Education
PhD. Psychopathology, assessment, and intervention strategies, clinical research.
Experience
one to two year internships
testing of competence
licensing board exam. Examination for Professional Practice in Psych (EPPP) ; reciprocity = other states with same license
mental health literacy
accurate understanding of psych disorders and their treatments
Counseling psych diff
most similar; developmental transitions
school psych diff
scientist-practitioner model too, but more training in ed and child dev., interventions on kids, families, and school
social work
administration, pub policy, research, and comm organizing ; social/situational, not intrapersonal/interpersonal
six activities of clin. psych
assessment, treatment, research, teaching (inc. supervision), consultation, and administration
three categories of assessment
tests, interviews, observations
reasons for emphasis in research
critically evaluate research to see what is most affective; academia must often supervise/evaluate research projects conducted by students; research training valuable for administrators in evaluating effectiveness of agency’s programs; research helps evaluate own clinical work
case oriented vs program/administration oriented
case = focus on particular cinet/organizational prob; program = focus on aspects of organizational function/structure that are causing trouble
Dr. David Shakow
most influential in clin.psych development; clinical training program.
recommendations in the Shakow report (three)
a cln psych should be trained first as a psych; clin training as rigorous as for nonclinical areas of psych; prep of the clin psych should be broad and directed toward assessment, research, and therapy
greatest impact of shakow report
prescribed that special mix of scientific + professional prep that has typified most clin training programs ever since. SCIENTIST-PROFESSIONAL MODEL ; first major conference = Boulder model
vail conference
PsyD; masters = professional psych. .
salt lake city conference
in grad programs seeking accreditation, grad students must be trained in a core of psych knowledge that should include research design and mthods, stats, ethics, assessment, history and systems of psych, biosociocog bases of behavior, and individual differences
academy of psych clinical science (APCS)
richard mcfall; empirical focus (APS)
clinical scientist model
APCS approach; heavy emphasis on scientific research (university setting)
scientist practioner model
boulder model; equal research and practice. common in traditional PhD programs and some prof. schools
practitioner scholar model
Vail model; human services, less emphasis on scientific training (prof schools/PsyD)
Psych clinical science accreditation system PCSAS
developed to provide a sharper focus on research training in clinical psych doctoral programs