What does a clinical psychologist do
05 Mar 2015-pp 15-30
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demystify clinical psychology by providing detailed examples of the working weeks of two clinical psychologists and illustrate how clinical psychologists apply psychological theory and research to understand and alleviate human distress.
Abstract: Right across the world, as you are reading these words, millions of people are experiencing profound distress as a result of a wide range of psychological and mental health difficulties. Rigorous research studies demonstrate that clinical psychologists have the ability to aid recovery and alleviate suffering in relation to many of these difficulties, and yet their work is often poorly understood, and may seem mysterious. This chapter begins to demystify this work by providing detailed examples of the working weeks of two clinical psychologists. These examples illustrate how clinical psychologists apply psychological theory and research to understand and alleviate human distress, and introduce the key concepts of assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation. The chapter offers an overview of the different types of specialities that clinical psychologists work in and the range of work that they do, including providing one-to-one interventions, group-based interventions, indirect work, consultation and teaching/training, and being involved with applied research, organisational development and leadership.
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TL;DR: A more open culture around issues of death, dying and bereavement in intellectual disability settings is essential and could be promoted through staff training and support.
Abstract: Background: Historically, people with intellectual disabilities have tended to be excluded from knowing about death, dying, and bereavement Staff in intellectual disability services can play a valuable role in improving understanding of these issues in those they support This qualitative metasynthesis aimed to understand the experiences of staff supporting adults with intellectual disabilities with issues of death, dying, and bereavement Method: Thirteen papers were identified following a systematic review of six databases Results: Three themes were developed following a lines-of-argument synthesis: (1) Talking about death is hard: Negotiating the uncertainty in death, dying, and bereavement; (2) The commitment to promoting a “good death”; and (3) The grief behind the professional mask “A cautious silence: The taboo of death,” was an overarching theme Conclusions: A more open culture around issues of death, dying, and bereavement in intellectual disability settings is essential and could be promoted through staff training and support
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...While this could be facilitated by service managers, it could also be supported by clinical psychologists, who are skilled in offering supervision and consultation to other support providers (Jones & Hartley, 2015)....
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...Clinical psychologists are skilled at applying psychological theory to a range of difficulties experienced within services and can offer training to staff teams for specific issues (Jones & Hartley, 2015)....
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01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the impact and experience of living with dystonia and the challenges of navigating health services with a rare, poorly understood condition, overcoming barriers to positive social identity, and fear of psychological explanations.
Abstract: This thesis is a discussion of the impact and experience of living with dystonia. The literature review investigated factors relating to health related quality of life (HRQOL) for people living with dystonia. The main research paper used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the experiences of people living with the condition. The thesis concludes with a critical appraisal of the two papers and the process of working with two different research paradigms. The literature review found that depression and anxiety had a significant, negative impact on HRQOL. Dystonia severity and psychosocial variables such as body concept and self-esteem were also implicated. A series of pervasive issues had a negative impact on the methodological quality of reviewed studies. These include a lack of engagement with key concepts such as HRQOL, depression and anxiety. Suggestions were made for future research designs. The main research paper produced three themes: (1) Dealing with ignorance and uncertainty: navigating health services with a rare, poorly understood condition; (2) The challenge of social isolation: overcoming barriers to positive social identity; and (3) Fear of psychological explanations: the impact of stigmatised attitudes towards psychological explanations for dystonia symptoms. Participants described their experiences of isolation and alienation which resulted from having a rare, visible and chronic health condition. Academic and clinical implications were discussed. Finally, the critical appraisal reflected on the process of writing using two different research paradigms. Adherence to the philosophical assumptions of each approach was considered a strength of the thesis. The limitations of the two approaches were discussed as well as recommendations for further research on dystonia.
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...One of the most consistent issues which was not discussed by reviewed studies is the conflation of Health status (HS) and HRQOL in questionnaires such as the SF-36 [77]....
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...Engagement with the concept of HRQOL was lacking in reviewed studies, an issue which is common in health research [77]....
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...These subscales correlate well with comparable subscales of the SF-36....
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...The ubiquity of the SF-36 is attributable in part to the large number of translations and adaptations available for different populations [28]....
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...[77] argue that HRQOL questionnaires should ask participants about their attitudes regarding reduced levels of physical activity, for example....
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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling procedure called “Smart Machines” that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive and expensive process of modeling human interaction with machines.
Abstract: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE , CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE , کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
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