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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-05T08:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-05T08:49:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Agius, M. (1994). The role of the clinical psychologist in the management of psychiatric patients in Malta. In P. Muscat (Ed.), Handbook in Psychiatry, II (pp. 49-50). Malta: University of Malta, Dept. of Psychiatry. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48307 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Clinical Psychologist in Malta is expected to be an M.A. graduate in Psychology, and as such registered by the Board for the professions supplementary to Medicine. The main functions of the Clinical Psychologist include:- (a) Assessment and diagnostic testing of patients with psychological deficiences and deviations (b) Therapeutic and educative role in changing attitudes towards the processes of learning, behaviour modification and therapy, and in generating increased awareness of the role of non-professionals within the therapeutic milieu. (c) Preventive role, whether primary (improvement of quality of life), secondary (active case finding) and tertiary (reduction of relapses and recidivism while preventing any chronic disease and hospitalization). | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Department of Psychiatry | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Clinical psychologists -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychotherapy patients -- Care -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Psychodiagnostics -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | The role of the clinical psychologist in the management of psychiatric patients in Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | bookPart | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Agius, Mariella | - |
Appears in Collections: | Handbook in Psychiatry II |
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