Therapists  Psychologists: Most psychologists have a Ph.D. in psychology. Many licensed psychologists (L.Psych) have an M.A. or M.Sc. in psychology.  Clinical psychologists typically work with psychological disorders.  Counselling psychologists typically work with everyday behavioural and relationship problems  There is a great deal of overlap in the clinical and counselling fields.  Psych...

This research is a study on the adaptation of training program aimed to increase focused attention into computer. It aims develop tool for such by applying some adaptations computer (software). uses concurrent mixed methods (using quantitative and qualitative at same time). In first process, software was assessed Game Developer expert three child adolescence clinical psychologists. The suggests...

The proposal that psychologists should pursue prescriptive authority was first put forth 25 years ago, and it has been an official goal of the American Psychological Association for 15 years. Since then some form of prescriptive authority has been approved by three states, the Territory of Guam, and three branches of the military. Psychologists are also eligible to prescribe in the Public Healt...

Given its renown, many psychologists and sociologists likely consider the publication of Gordon Allport's (1954/1979) seminal book The Nature of Prejudice as the inauguration of the psychological study of prejudice. However, we have uncovered rarely-cited, published papers (starting in 1830) that provide a wealth of speculation on prejudice even before psychologists/sociologists attempted to me...

That Prevention is an Intervention was the theme of the 2006 National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) convention is a clear statement that prevention is no longer a frill. Prevention is now a major role for school psychologists. Furthermore, prevention efforts are no longer synonymous with mental health or social– emotional interventions; prevention in the academic domain is a rapidl...

As psychologists involved in genetic research, we write to broaden the perspective of the important article in this journal by Patenaude, Guttmacher, and Collins (April 2002), “Genetic Testing and Psychology: New Roles, New Responsibilities.” Patenaude et al. explained new roles for counselors and therapists in helping clients deal with genetic information given advances in understanding geneti...

Despite an early interest in pediatrics among psychologists and a natural partnership between psychology and pediatrics, psychologists’ impact on services for children in primary care settings could be much greater than it is. The purpose of this article is to describe the special contributions of pediatric psychologists and pediatricians in the development of comprehensive, integrated systems ...