What type of work does a Clinical Psychologist Of Castle Hill do?

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What type of work does a Clinical Psychologist
Of Castle Hill do?
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ABOUT

• A Clinical Psychologist Castle Hill can work
  across different specialities. For example they
  can work with children and adults, as
  counsellors, relationship therapists and group
  therapists.
• However, their training prepares them for work in
  clinical settings, alongside psychiatrists,
  allied health and nursing professionals. In fact,
  only clinical psychologists are able to work in
  hospitals with clinical populations.
• Psychologists also have to write psychological
  reports that include the results of their
  psychological assessment, diagnoses, and
  treatment recommendations.

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MULTIPLE ROLES IN HOSPITALS

• A clinical psychologist can work in multiple
  positions within a hospital. Clinical
  psychologists can work as case managers or as
  specialist clinical psychologists with people
  that suffer from severe mental illness.
• They can work in psychiatric wards, as case
  managers in our patients clinics, as clinicians
  in a mobile support team, in a continuing care
  unit, as crisis assessment.
• And also in treatment team clinicians,
  psychiatric triage clinicians in emergency
  department, primary mental health team
  clinicians, homeless outreach clinicians, and as
  group therapists.

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FORENSIC AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

• Moreover, clinical Psychologist Kellyville Ridge
  can work in the forensic field. They can work in
  specialist forensic teams that assess and treat
  patients that pose a significant risk to
  themselves and others.
• They can also work in the criminal justice
  system. And can work in jails or specialised
  hospitals for the criminally insane.
• For example, they can work in large hospitals
  with security that provide acute and continuing
  care programs for patients that are generally
  admitted to the hospital from the criminal
  justice system.

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MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH SECTOR

• Psychologist can also work in the mental health
  research sector. They generally work as research
  clinicians.
• For example, they have worked as a research
  clinician at some research institute that housed
  clinical and research laboratories with strong
  molecular and in-vivo capabilities.
• Their work involved the development of
  psycho-social treatments for people suffering
  from post-natal depression and psychosis as well
  as other severe mental illnesses. A pilot study
  was then conducted to test the efficacy of the
  interventions.

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MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING

• Psychologist can conduct training seminars for
  other mental health workers and general
  practitioners. They can also provide training in
  assessment and diagnosis and treatment
  interventions.
• A clinical psychologist works directly in the
  mental health field with patients. They may work
  with patients one-on-one or in a group setting,
  diagnosing and treating patients for various
  different mental disorders.
• Clinical psychologists differ from other types of
  psychologists because they specialize in abnormal
  psychology. Trained to assess, diagnose, and
  treat mental and psychological disorders.