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Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

•Ask questions!

•Seek referrals

•Check your insurance

APA psychologist referral

Ohio psychologist referral

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Prescriptive Treatment Examples

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Anxiety, depression, eating problems, sexual dysfunction, schizophrenia

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Borderline personality disorder

Behavior modification: Autism

Parent management training: disruptive behavior disorders

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Poor therapist/client relationship

Poor choice of treatment

Treatment noncompliance

Therapist-client differences

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Lower costUnable to

choose provider

Unable to choose treatment

Quick fixes/brief therapy

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Evaluating a Research Article

Is the sample in the study diverse and representative of the general population?

Were there enough participants in the study to obtaina meaningful effect?

Are dependent measures in the study varied and of good reliability and validity?

Did the researchers rely on information gained from different sources, such as clients, parents, teachers, spouses, children, and peers?

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Beneficence and nonmaleficence, or protecting the welfare of others

Fidelity and responsibility, or acting professionally toward others

Integrity, or employing high moral standards in one’s work

Justice, or exercising fairness and reasonable judgment

Respect for people’s rights and dignity, or valuing others and minimizing conflicts

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics

Becoming a Mental Health Professional

Treatment at the Individual Level

Treatment at the Community Level

Limitations and Caveats About Treatment

Ethics