M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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M.A. Clinical Psychology or Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology is a postgraduate Physiology course. Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development. The Clinical Psychology program offers students the option of completing two courses in child and adolescent therapy, or two courses in psychiatric rehabilitation, which focuses on working with adults who have serious mental illnesses. Clinical psychology represents the largest subfield of psychologists. Specialty areas within clinical psychology include child mental health, adult mental health, learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, substance abuse, and geriatrics and health psychology. The duration of the course is two years and it has four semesters syllabus.

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M.A. Clinical Psychology Eligibility     

• B.A. or any other equivalent qualification with minimum 50% marks
• In very popular universities and colleges there is an entrance examination to get admission to the degree course.

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M.A. Clinical Psychology Course Suitability

• Course is suitable for those who can carry out academic and clinical assessments in family therapy settings, adult health psychology, and psychological assessment of neuropsychological and psychological disorders in adults and children.
• Candidate should have analytical and problem-solving skills such as thinking your way around problems, developing hypotheses and designing experiments to address questions being asked.
• They must possess the skills like using judgement, decision-making and questioning skills; the ability to identify, select, organise and communicate information and data.

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How is M.A. Clinical Psychology Course Beneficial?

• Course prepared to become either licensed or unlicensed mental health professionals who are qualified to pursue a range of jobs in medical, mental health, administration, social service, educational, geriatric, research, and business settings or continue with doctoral studies.
• The course is beneficial for further research studies such as M.Phil. and Ph.D. as it gives good base for it.
• They can also have career opportunities in many sub-specialty areas including substance abuse treatment, child mental health and health psychology.

COURSE ELIGIBILITY

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B.A. or any other equivalent qualification with minimum 50% marks