Careers in Mental Health
Careers in Mental Health

Author: Kim Metz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-08

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1118768442

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Accessible and unbiased, Careers in Mental Health introduces upper-level high school students and beginning undergraduates to the different aspects of various mental health professions. Contains essential career advice for anyone considering an advanced degree in one of the “helping” professions within mental health Covers clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance abuse counseling, and school psychology Clarifies the distinctions between professions by discussing the history and philosophy of each field, requirements for advanced education, licensing, available jobs, salary potential, and more Includes a section with practical information applicable to all the professions, such as characteristics for success, ethical issues, the importance of critical thinking, applying to graduate school, and current issues affecting the field of mental health

Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development
Strengthening Mental Health Through Effective Career Development

Author: Dave E Redekopp

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-27

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781988066431

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This book makes the case that career development practice is a mental health intervention, and provides skills and strategies to support career development practitioners in their work. It explores how practitioners do more than help people navigate career paths, they change people's lives in ways that improve mental health and overall well-being.

Becoming a Mental Health Counselor
Becoming a Mental Health Counselor

Author: Adam M. Volungis

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781538121177

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Becoming a Mental Health Counselor is a guide for students on the path to becoming licensed mental health therapists, as well as those just starting their careers. Filled with practical advice and tips, this book guides the reader through early career milestones of psychotherapists, including professional identity development, applying for jobs, and obtaining licensure. Volungis also discusses the reality of the profession, emphasizing the importance of self-care, ethics, personal identity, and managing expectations. The book concludes with an exploration of private practice and the next steps in the career ladder. Ideally suited for professional development courses, this volume helps students prepare for life outside of school. It shows them how to transform the knowledge they've gained into a successful career.

Rapid Acting Antidepressants
Rapid Acting Antidepressants

Author:

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-06-29

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0128201908

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The Advances in Pharmacology series presents a variety of chapters from the best authors in the field. - Includes the authority and expertise of leading contributors in pharmacology - Presents the latest release in the Advances in Pharmacology series

Careers in Mental Health
Careers in Mental Health

Author: Daniel E. Harmon

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1508178852

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A career path devoting to servicing mental health patients is a challenging and rewarding sector of health care. Patients are of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. Some suffer from clinical disorders, others from the consequences of traumatic events in their lives or of long-term problems at home, in school, or at work. Careers described in this practical guide include psychiatrist, psychologist, mental health counselor, social worker, counselor in behavioral disorders, rehabilitation counselor, psychiatric technician, and aide, among related vocations. Some careers require medical degrees, others only a high school diploma with postsecondary training.

Career, Work, and Mental Health
Career, Work, and Mental Health

Author: Vernon Zunker

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2008-06-05

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1483302032

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Individuals seeking career counseling often present with a complex array of issues, and thus it is often difficult for counselors to separate career satisfaction and development from other mental health issues. Career, Work, and Mental Health examines this tightly woven connection between mental health issues and career development and offers practical ways for counselors to blend career and personal counseling. Taking this integrative approach, author Vernon Zunker offers step-by-step procedures for delivering effective intervention strategies – tactics that are meaningful and relevant to career choice, career development, and the interconnectedness of personal problems.

Individual Placement and Support
Individual Placement and Support

Author: Robert E. Drake

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0199734011

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This comprehensive monograph synthesizes the research on the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment for people with severe mental illness. It identifies empirical foundations for core principles of the model and reviews the literature on effectiveness, long-term outcomes, cost-effectiveness, generalizability, implementation, and policy implications.

Handbook of Career Development in Academic Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition
Handbook of Career Development in Academic Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition

Author: Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A.

Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub

Published: 2017-04-12

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1615370587

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With real-world advice from professionals in the field, this Handbook provides step-by-step guidance to approaching tasks and challenges that face academic faculty members, such as interviewing for positions, evaluating contracts and offer letters, reading and preparing a basic budget, giving feedback, and engaging in self-care.

Career Paths in Psychology
Career Paths in Psychology

Author: Robert J. Sternberg

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Published: 1997-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 9781557984111

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As Career Paths in Psychology shows, the range of work that psychologists find themselves doing goes far beyond the traditional laboratory researcher or the individual therapist. Psychologists work in all areas of education, in government, with private companies, and in communities. They supply research on immunization programmes, suggest improvements to airplane cockpit design, conduct studies on why peope buy what they buy, and design community programmes for reducing crime in neighbourhoods.