Tutorial 1

Question 1

What are the 4 primary roles of a clinical psychologist?

Answer 1

• Assessment + formulation
• Treatment + case management
• Supervision + professional development
• (Research + Teaching)

Question 2

Describe the pyramid of 3 different domains of mental health contexts

Answer 2

top: inpatient mental health

middle: community mental health

bottom: private practice

Question 3

define inpatient mental health

Answer 3

most acute, distressed clients who need the most support, inpatient stays of people in hospital/ward

Question 4

define community mental health

Answer 4

not severe enough for inpatient, but need more than private practice can provide, don’t need 24/7 support but might be visiting often

Question 5

define private practice

Answer 5

one-on-one, private practice for moderate-high functioning clients who do not need as frequent/complex support

Question 6

what is the potential/theoretical value in having a range of mental health services available to people

Answer 6

• ability to cater for different severities/frquencies
• catering for different SES
• protection for client and everyone around them - inpatient = multiple people responsible

Question 7

what would be some of the challenges a psychologist might face in inpatient, community, private

Answer 7

• inpatient: low level of control over what’s happening with patient, high distress, client might not want to be there
• community: might not be able to see people as often as they would like
• private: isolating, mostly alone, risk can escalate and it’s on you to manage