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Exploring Unique Roles for Psychologists
Ahmed, Mohiuddin; Boisvert, Charles M.
American Psychologist, v60 n7 p732-734 Oct 2005
This paper presents comments on "Psychological Treatments" by D. H. Barlow. Barlow highlighted unique roles that psychologists can play in mental health service delivery by providing psychological treatments--treatments that psychologists would be uniquely qualified to design and deliver. In support of Barlow's position, the authors draw from their own clinical practice with special psychiatric populations, such as adults with severe and persistent mental illness and behaviorally disordered youths, to illustrate some potential unique roles for psychologists. The authors believe psychologists are uniquely trained to design such individualized functional behavioral analysis protocols because of their training in research design, behavior analysis, learning theory, and behavior change. Psychologists may also be uniquely qualified to design, implement, and evaluate many specialized therapy techniques, as Barlow has outlined and suggested.
Descriptors: Psychologists, Psychological Services, Role, Clinical Psychology, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Research Design, Learning Theories, Behavior Change, Mental Health Programs
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