Mental health problems are continuously on the rise owing to change in life style, habits and mounting stress in personal/occupational/social domains across various sections of the society. Clinical Psychologists apply knowledge and methods from all substantive fields of biopsychosocial sciences for promotion and maintenance of mental health of individuals.
Varieties of techniques and methods derived from several branches of psychology are used in promotion of mental health, and in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of mental and physical disorders/ problems where psychological factors play a major role.
Different methods and forms of psychological techniques are used to relieve an individual's emotional distress or any other forms of dysfunction or disability. Thus, Clinical Psychologists play an important role for optimizing health care delivery system and there is an urgent need to train more number of professional clinical psychologists
• Non- medical specialty that attempts to understand behaviour as a bio-psycho-social phenomenon.
• Aim is to prevent and relieve psychologically-based distress or dysfunction
• Promotes subjective and behavioural well-being and personal development.
• Help clients understand their psychological problems and teaches skills to overcome them as well as prevent in future.
• This is done using specific scientific research supported therapies
• Hence the Time intensive .
• Emphasis on therapeutic relationship
• Collaborative involvement of patient and family
• Focus on relearning adaptive behaviour
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