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A psychologist is a specialist in understanding, shaping, and correcting people’s behavior. The need for such work is related to problems of human adaptation in society, medical issues, psychotrauma or congenital disorders.
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Languages
Russian, Kazakh
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How much to study?
On SE basis – 4 years; On the basis of secondary professional education (college) – 3 years; On the basis of higher education – 2 years.
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Academic degree
Bachelor of Social Knowledge by specialty Psychology
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Are you interested in learning about mental health but don't know where to start? Do you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in psychology?
Whether you are interested in helping adults or children, you will have a variety of psychiatric fields from which to choose. Read on to find out which psychiatric specialty interests you most:
Substance Abuse Therapy
If you want to specialize in substance abuse therapy, sometimes called addiction medicine, you will help treat patients who are dependent on alcohol, tobacco, or drugs. You will treat patients individually and in groups and develop recovery plans with their family members. You may work in a substance abuse rehabilitation center or with clients who are in outpatient treatment. Your job responsibilities will include assessing patients' treatment needs, planning their rehabilitation, and preventing future substance abuse problems.
Biological psychiatry
If you want to specialize in biological psychiatry, you will study and treat patients with mental disorders in their brain chemistry, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. Some schools include eating disorder and substance abuse treatment in this area.
Geriatric psychiatry
If you want to specialize in geriatric psychiatry, you will treat older adults with psychiatric problems. Your responsibilities may include assessing, diagnosing and treating memory loss, sleep disorders, depression and substance abuse.
Children and teenagers
If you want to be a specialist in child and adolescent psychology, you will treat children and adolescents using many of the same techniques that you will use to treat adults, including psychotherapy and medications. You will help children cope with mood and anxiety disorders, the emotional consequences of long-term illness, and visual impairment. If necessary, you can also include children's families, teachers and peers.
Forensic psychiatry
If you specialize in forensic psychiatry, you will work with attorneys, courts, and government agencies to evaluate the mental health of witnesses and suspects. You will become an expert witness if psychiatric issues are involved in a court case. You may be called to testify about a witness's mental capacity or the suspect's mental state at the time the crime was committed. You may also need to evaluate mental competency in civil cases such as medical negligence, mental health injuries, and custody issues.
On average, a psychiatrist spends approximately 48 hours a week working. Most psychiatrists spend 60% of their time with patients. Two-thirds of these patients are treated as outpatients, and the remainder are seen in the hospital or, more commonly, in partial hospitalization or day and community residential programs. Psychiatric hospitalizations are now more intense, more focused, and much shorter in duration than in previous years. Additional professional activities include administration, teaching, consulting and research.
What else should I know?:
The advantage of the specialty “Psychology” lies in the professional activity of graduates - a variety of mental phenomena (cognitive processes and regulatory mechanisms, states and experiences, personal properties and individual characteristics), which form the systemic basis of a person’s mental activity as a subject of cognitive, semantic, educational, communicative, creative, professional activity in the context of its relationship with the objects of professional activity, which significantly expands the field of their work activity and serves as a guarantee of their relevance.
• Psychologist in preschool, secondary and vocational educational institutions;
• Psychologist at career guidance and vocational training centers in city and republican employment centers;
• Psychologist at centers for the study of public opinion and political technologies;
• Psychologist at manufacturing enterprises (HR manager);
• Psychologist in sports organizations;
• Psychologist in medical organizations and treatment and prevention institutions;
• Psychologist in law enforcement organizations and penitentiary institutions, in centers for rehabilitation and social adaptation of educationally neglected adolescents;
• Junior researcher in research organizations.
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