Monday, November 30, 2009
Reading Material
Here is the reading material for tomorrow:
- The scientist-practitioner model
- What is Clin Psy?
- Scientist-practitioner model in Counselling
- EBP
- Components of Scientist-practitioner model
Friday, November 27, 2009
CIA options for semester II
By DC sir's suggestion, let's begin the first post on our blog with a challenge! :)
As in last semester, there are 2 options to choose from for CIA of Introduction to Clin Psy:
A) Combined CIA
B) A collection of 2 mini-CIAs.
A) Combined CIA: For this semester's combined CIA, we are required to write an Integration Paper, in which we are expected to 'integrate' what we learn from the text books with what we gather from the field. Interviews with well-established, practicing clinical psychologists are the preferred way to go about this, although interviews with other mental health professionals are also permitted. DC sir has recommended a list of themes, but has made it clear that he would be happy if we were to think 'out of the box', and choose to do a theme not included in the following list:
1) Psychosocial intervention in reconciliation: The role of clinical psychologists in conflict zones such as the Gujarat riots, Srilanka, natural disaster-struck areas, and so on.
2) Understanding violence in modern life: Intervention by clinical psychologists (Not just in terms of stress-relief, but other ways as well).
3) Spirituality and clinical psychology.
4) Terminal illness and clinical psychology (Do clinical psychologists have new roles today?)
5) Will clinical psychology become very neurologically or biologically oriented in future?
6) Forensic psychology (Sensationalism vs. Reality).
7) Clinical psychology and other fields (Eg. Sports, law, etc).
8) Human diversity and clinical psychology (Eg. Gender, sexual orientation, etc).
9) Psychology and religion.
10) Ethics and/in clinical psychology.
11) Media and clinical psychologists.
12) Evidence-based practices and clinical psychology (Do we need a notion of research tat is different from the one existing today?)
13) Primary care and clinicla psychology (Is it possible to link the two in India?)
14) Mental health acts in India.
15) Continuous professional development for clinical psychologists in India. (Do clinical psychologists update themselves? What sort of CPD is available in India?)
And apart from these, some topics sir has mentioned in passing during class discussion:
16) What are the different conceptions of clinical psychology by both clinical psychologists and non-clinical psychologists (Eg. Psychiatrists, social workers, teachers and students of various departments like science, commerce..., counselors and students of counseling, laymen, UG students, and so on).
17) What are the differences between psychiatrists, (clinical) psychologists and social workers? How do they clash?
18) Why are psychiatrists now considering more psychotherapy as opposed to pharmacotherapy, and starting to call themselves "clinical psychiatrists"?
19) What sort of model of training is used in training clinical psychologists today?
20) What do clinical psychologists feel about employing so called "pseudo-scientific" methods in their practice? (Eg. Graphology, past-life regression therapy, hypnotherapy, etc.) [This is could also be a focus of the 12th topic- evidence based practice].
21) Why has there been no truce declared with RCI yet? How soon can it be expected (if at all)?
22) Practice guidelines: Economic-political forces Vs Professional/scientific need.
B) Mini-CIAs: In case of the mini-CIAs, as in last semester, we are required to submit ANY TWO of the following:
1) MCQ quiz on chapter 1.
2) Putting up summaries of 3 or 4 class discussions on this blog.
3) Personal narrative paper. (Sir prefers that ALL of us write this, but it is still optional).
4) Reports on the IACP conference in NIMHANS.
Apart from these, sir mentioned in class that he would be willing to consider marking us if we were to present a paper (which must be clinical psychology related) at our own conference. However, we can NOT use the same paper to be marked for the CIA of developmental psychology.
All the best! :)
As in last semester, there are 2 options to choose from for CIA of Introduction to Clin Psy:
A) Combined CIA
B) A collection of 2 mini-CIAs.
A) Combined CIA: For this semester's combined CIA, we are required to write an Integration Paper, in which we are expected to 'integrate' what we learn from the text books with what we gather from the field. Interviews with well-established, practicing clinical psychologists are the preferred way to go about this, although interviews with other mental health professionals are also permitted. DC sir has recommended a list of themes, but has made it clear that he would be happy if we were to think 'out of the box', and choose to do a theme not included in the following list:
1) Psychosocial intervention in reconciliation: The role of clinical psychologists in conflict zones such as the Gujarat riots, Srilanka, natural disaster-struck areas, and so on.
2) Understanding violence in modern life: Intervention by clinical psychologists (Not just in terms of stress-relief, but other ways as well).
3) Spirituality and clinical psychology.
4) Terminal illness and clinical psychology (Do clinical psychologists have new roles today?)
5) Will clinical psychology become very neurologically or biologically oriented in future?
6) Forensic psychology (Sensationalism vs. Reality).
7) Clinical psychology and other fields (Eg. Sports, law, etc).
8) Human diversity and clinical psychology (Eg. Gender, sexual orientation, etc).
9) Psychology and religion.
10) Ethics and/in clinical psychology.
11) Media and clinical psychologists.
12) Evidence-based practices and clinical psychology (Do we need a notion of research tat is different from the one existing today?)
13) Primary care and clinicla psychology (Is it possible to link the two in India?)
14) Mental health acts in India.
15) Continuous professional development for clinical psychologists in India. (Do clinical psychologists update themselves? What sort of CPD is available in India?)
And apart from these, some topics sir has mentioned in passing during class discussion:
16) What are the different conceptions of clinical psychology by both clinical psychologists and non-clinical psychologists (Eg. Psychiatrists, social workers, teachers and students of various departments like science, commerce..., counselors and students of counseling, laymen, UG students, and so on).
17) What are the differences between psychiatrists, (clinical) psychologists and social workers? How do they clash?
18) Why are psychiatrists now considering more psychotherapy as opposed to pharmacotherapy, and starting to call themselves "clinical psychiatrists"?
19) What sort of model of training is used in training clinical psychologists today?
20) What do clinical psychologists feel about employing so called "pseudo-scientific" methods in their practice? (Eg. Graphology, past-life regression therapy, hypnotherapy, etc.) [This is could also be a focus of the 12th topic- evidence based practice].
21) Why has there been no truce declared with RCI yet? How soon can it be expected (if at all)?
22) Practice guidelines: Economic-political forces Vs Professional/scientific need.
B) Mini-CIAs: In case of the mini-CIAs, as in last semester, we are required to submit ANY TWO of the following:
1) MCQ quiz on chapter 1.
2) Putting up summaries of 3 or 4 class discussions on this blog.
3) Personal narrative paper. (Sir prefers that ALL of us write this, but it is still optional).
4) Reports on the IACP conference in NIMHANS.
Apart from these, sir mentioned in class that he would be willing to consider marking us if we were to present a paper (which must be clinical psychology related) at our own conference. However, we can NOT use the same paper to be marked for the CIA of developmental psychology.
All the best! :)
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