ClinicalPsychologists 2016_Brochure

Clinical Psychologists 2016
with psychiatric disorders; about 1.1% of the population age 18 and older have schizophrenia;
nearly 40 million adults aged 18 and older have an anxiety disorder; nearly 2.2 million adults
age 18 and older have OCD; about 2.7% of people have panic disorder; and nearly 7.7, 6.8, 15
million adults are suffering million from PTSD, GAD & social phobia respectively.
Track 8: Clinical Behavioral Disorders
Behavioral disorders, also known as disruptive behavioral disorders, are the most common
reasons that parents are told to take their kids for mental health assessments and treatment. If
left untreated in childhood, these disorders can negatively affect a person’s ability to hold a job
and maintain relationships. Many drugs are available for behavioral problems, and the type of
drug that will be prescribed depends on the specific condition being treated. People with an
anxiety disorder, OCD or ADHD may benefit from antidepressants.
Track 9: Therapeutic Approaches and Advancements
Psychotherapy is often used either alone or in combination with medications to treat
mental illnesses. Nowadays extraordinary advances have been made in the treatment of
mental illness. Treatment methods for psychiatric disorders can be differentiated as either
somatic or psychotherapeutic. We will be discussing about somatic treatments including
drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and deep brain stimulation such as Transcranial magnetic
stimulation therapy on psychotherapeutic treatments including psychotherapy, behavior
therapy techniques such as Dialectricalbehavior therapy, hypnotherapy and mindfulnessbased
therapies.
Track 10: Neuro psychotherapy
Neuro psychotherapy (NPT) is a term that summarizes and integrates neuroscientific
knowledge in a variety of applications and treatments. Neuro psychotherapy uses evidence
based neuroscience and emotional impairments. A neuropsychotherapists is aware of the
body-psyche-interaction and trained to carry out trained to carry out therapeutic assessments
with this knowledge. Neuropsychotherapy develops and enhances the theoretical work of
Seymour Epstein and Klaus Grawe and recognises that safety in the therapeutic alliance is a
core component and guiding tenet of a neuropsychotherapeutic approach.
Track 11: Antipsychotics and Psychoactive Medication
Psychoactive Medication often helps in treating depression, anxiety, insomnia, and other
psychological complications. It does not affect the underlying causes of these disorders, but
it provides symptomatic relief to allow people to live more normal lives. Most of the drugs
covered in this section have numerous effects on the nervous system. Psychotropic drugs for
the treatment of mental illness are dependent on the disorder for which they are prescribed.
Mainly it is used as an enhancing therapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Based on
the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Males (4.2%) were more
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