ICRI Campus
Course Description
Clinical psychology provides psychiatric services from people of all ages and all walks of life. Methods and techniques may vary from practice to practice. However, the focus of clinical psychology is to assess the client's mental health through psychological assessments and tests and to provide appropriate intervention. In addition to these core activities, clinical psychologists sometimes do research and act as consultants.
Mental health concerns are on the rise in developing countries like India. The globalizing world is witnessing increasing stress levels. The processes of modernization has led to an increased momentum of change.
While the burdens are increasing on a daily basis, the existing support systems provided surrounding environment seems to be insufficient to deal with the stress rising day by day affecting the efficiency to lead a normal life or to maintain a pace with demanding job roles.
Industry
WHO states that in India per 1 lakh population there are 0.07 psychologists while the desired numbers are anything above at least 3 psychologists per 1 lakh of population.
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This need is realized and there are a large number of mental health and wellness startups in India. It has garnered over US $ 28.24, with the decade highest investment in 2021 and that is definitely going to increase in the near future.
This clearly points out to the need for training mental health professionals who can effectively respond to the mental health needs of communities. Adding to the problem there is a huge shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists in India as compared to the number of people suffering from mental health issues.
The Mental Health Survey (2015-16), showed that the treatment gap for mental disorders ranged between 70 to 92% for different disorders. Anecdotal reports suggest that the total number of psychiatrists in India could be between 3,500 and 5,000 which translates to one psychiatrist to 200,000 to 300,000 people.
The existing training infrastructure produces about 320 psychiatrists, 50 clinical psychologists and 185 mental health nurses per year. Scarcity of trained and supervised services and professionals is one of the fundamental barriers to the progress of mental health services in India.
Curriculam
SEMESTER I
- Experimental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Research Methods and Statistics
SEMESTER II
- Systems and Theories
- Systems and Theories
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
SEMESTER III
- Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology
- Mental Abilities
- Organizational Psychology
- Principles and Applications of Guidance
- Human Development
SEMESTER IV
- Physiological Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychological Testing
- Psychometrics
- Personality Reading & categorization
What You Will Become ?
Clinical Psychologists-
The responsibility of a clinical psychologist is to resolve the physical and mental issues faced by children to adults.
Counsellor-
-The counsellors are trained to provide guidance to the clients on personal or psychological problems.
Psychotherapist-
Specially trained to offer therapy to the clients to resolve their mental and emotional problems.
Teachers
A graduate of Clinical Psychology can teach subjects in universities and colleges.
Child Psychologists
Responsible to cure mental illness of children through communication and other methods.
Where Will You Work ?
Research Analyst-
Public health analysts create efficient solutions to health problems as well as implement and coordinate health programs.
Policy Specialist
The health policy analyst assesses current and future health policies. After assessing them, they aim to understand how these policies can affect public health
Healthcare Administration
improve the health and well-being of the public at large by assessing their health needs, developing outreach programs, and managing public health facilities
Epidemiologist -
search for the cause of disease, identify people who are at risk, determine how to control or stop the spread or prevent it from happening again
Public Health Educator-
a trained professional who works with groups in community settings or with individuals to help them understand how to live a healthy lifestyle
Public Health Analyst-
collects and analyzes data and uses the insights they get from it to improve public health
Public Health Administrator -
improve the health and well-being of the public at large by assessing their health needs, developing outreach programs, and managing public health facilities
Healthcare Consultant
Public Health Consultants are dedicated to wellness & health protection in communities to prevent epidemics, prevent spread of diseases, protect against environmental hazards, prevent injuries, promote & encourage healthy behaviors, respond to disasters, assist communities in recovering from diseases
Health Promotion Manager
guides and educates the public about diseases and their control through various administrative processes.
