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Inter-disciplinary Competition

  • 26-03-2011 5:49pm
    #1
    elfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi everybody,
    Sorry I haven't posted in a while but I'm back living in England and I just don't have the time.
    I wanted to raise a topic which I find really irritating. I am doing a professional doctorate and working as a practitioner in a psychiatric hospital. From what I have heard and witnessed there is a real divide between disciplines such as psychiatry and psycholgy and even between specialities of psychology: clinical/counselling/forensic. I was wondering why do people believe this still continues to be the case and what can be done to help foster a more integrative approach to the treatment of mental health?


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  • #2
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    There is a lot of overlap between the various professions in mental health. Psychiatrists prescribe and do therapy; nurses prescribe and do therapy; social workers do social work and therapy; OTs do therapy; psychologists do therapy. Everyone gets a bit defensive about their own work and its value. This isn't help by large inequities of pay.

    This is my opinion!


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