Affect is the observable behaviour of a subjectively experienced emotion. It is variable over time (in comparison to mood which is a pervasive and sustained emotional state).
Affect may be:
*blunted – lack of appropriate emotional response to events
*flat – absence of expression of affect
*inappropriate – affect is inappropriate to the thought or speech it accompanies
*labile – rapid changes in affect.
In the modern era, psychiatrists are medical doctors (MDs). This means they’ve gone to medical school and can prescribe medications. Psychologists typically have training culminating in a doctorate (PhD) degree. Historically, that's meant that psychologists don’t have prescribing privileges, but that’s changing through legislation in many states where limited prescribing privileges are granted to those who undergo additional training.
Both psychiatrists and psychologists are trained in psychotherapy or “talk therapy,” though the amount of specific psychotherapy training might vary significantly between individual providers, whether we’re talking about psychiatrists or psychologists. Note also that many other providers, like marriage and family therapists (MFTs) and social workers, also do psychotherapy and refer to themselves as psychotherapists.
As a medical subspecialty, psychiatry’s main focus is on psychopathology and the treatment of mental disorders, which to a certain extent are defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Psychology is a much broader discipline that extends beyond treating mental disorders in its aim to study and understand all mental phenomena—how we think, reason, feel, and behave—whether normal and abnormal.
Becoming as Clinical Psychologist in india #RCI (Rehabilitation council of India) provide three courses.
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(1) PDCP (Professional Diploma In Clinical Psychology), 1 year study program
(2) Psy. D, 4 year study program.
(3) M. Phil in Clinical Psychology, 2 year study program.
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Above mention there courses only run by RCI recognized institutions. You can get list from RCI website which Institute approval for teaching and training.
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The professional might have different designation as clinical Psychologist. M. Phil in Clinical Psychology candidate as (Clinical Psychologist) Psy. D candidate as (Doctorate of Psychology) and #PDCP candidate as #Clinical Psychologist (Associate).
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However after complete all of the three courses candidate eligible for assessment, diagnosing, Prevention and Certification of mental illness and fill/underfill the post of CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST in (Government and private sector). Doing similar clinical work independently.
There is no difference in there functioning in the clinical work domain.
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Difference lies only in TEACHING AND ACADEMIC duties where in Psy. D and M. Phil in Clinical candidate can get involved directly as academician. Saying so PDCP candidate can too take up the role of "Teaching Assistant" in case engaged in academics.
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I am present here vary strong evidence about who is recognized 'clinical Psychologist' mens -
(i) having a recognised qualification in Clinical Psychology from an
institution approved and recognised, by the Rehabilitation Council of India,
constituted under section 3 of the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992;
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¡¡) Registration in Central Rehabilitation register (CRR) as per section 13 of RCI act (1992)
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Current approved qualification are 1 year PDCP (Professional Diploma In Clinical Psychology), 2 year M. Phil in Clinical and 4 year Psy. D in Clinical Psychology. All of three are regular and full time mode course. Only these qualification are approved bye the council for registration for clinical Psychologist in center rehabilitation register (CRR). These 1 yr, 2 yr, 4 yr. Training courses have been developed and intruded by council taking into consideration of acute shortage of human resource at various levels. In all these training courses the skill based curricula are build based on universal accepted Standards of practice in order to facilitate professional development paths in the area of mental health.
The agenda of the this post is to clarify the misconceptions attached to the various courses offered by RCI in Clinical Psychology for promote mental health, thus filings gaps exciting in the Mental health field.
Any three professionals from any three courses are most important assets to Mental health sector in india.
