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Current Issues and Trends in Clinical Psychology

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Current Issues and

Trends in Clinical
Psycholog
y Gladycel T.
Contreras Mary May
M. Fernando
2017
Current Issues
• Board exam is for Psychometrician and
Psychology (General) only.

• Certification: Certified Clinical Psychology


Specialist (PAP) (most number of applicants)

• Clinical Psychology in the Philippine Setting


• Program Offering
• Professional Fee

• Psychological Assessment
• Administration, Scoring and
Interpretation
• Test Materials (limited)
• Test with culture bias. Limited Filipino
norm test.
• Proper care and handling
of the patients

• Clinical Psychology in
theory and Practice

• Research in Clinical
Psychology: Forensic,
Behavioral or Psychological
Disorders, Drug Related, SPED
etc.
• dual relationships

• therapeutic boundaries (i.e., self-disclosure, bartering, touch)

• releasing test data

• child custody

• psychopharmacology

• subpoenas

• and additional issues related to modern technologies


Current Trends in
the New Millennium

• Government Support

• Mental Health Bill

• Tokhang Program: Drug


Rehabilitation

• Computer addiction to young


generation
• Proper Treatment/Therapy/Intervention or
Misdiagnosis

• Cultural Diversity and Gender Issues

• Accountability

• Ethical Violation

• Connotation about Psychologist and Psychiatrist͟


Choose one topic from both current issues and trends
and answer the following:

Topic:

Title:
Seatwork #1:
Issue: Discuss conflicting
opinions
Summary and Conclusion:

Recommendation:

(due: today)

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