CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

JOSHUA A WILLIAMS

WHAT THEY DO?• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS OBSERVE

AND TREAT PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH A VARIETY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

• SOME EXPERTS CHARTS DOWN AND SPECIALIZE IN SPECIFIC DISORDERS

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST ARE THE LARGEST GROUP OF PSYCHOLOGISTS AND TAKE UP 48% OF THE POPULATION BY ITS SELF.

TYPES OF DISORDERS• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDY

AND TREAT MENTAL DISORDERS SUCH AS BIPOLAR, SEVERE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SCHIZOPHRENIA ETC

• THEY DON’T ONLY TREAT DISORDERS THEY ALSO HELP THOSE WITH RELATIONSHIPS ISSUES AND GENERAL PROBLEMS EMOTIONALLY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS USUALLY WORK BY THEM SELF AS INDIVIDUALS OR

GROUPS NOT REALLY IN A REGULAR OFFICE

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE NOT LICENSED MEDICAL DOCTORS SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE OUT MEDICINE, BUT IN SOME STATES THEY ALLOW THEM TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN MEDICATIONS

• YOU COULD FIND A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN HOSPITALS, REHABILITATIONS, SCHOOLS AND COLLAGES

• ITS CONSIDER TO HAVE BEGAN IN 1896 AT THE FIRST PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC BY LIGHTNER WITMER IN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA