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A comprehensive and practical resource for graduate students about to embark on their first practicum experience.
A psychology student amp rsquo s practicum placement experience has the potential to be the most exciting time in their graduate training. This comprehensive resource is a vital guide for all students beginning their field placement, and for those curious about how the system works. In conversational and accessible language, the authors equip students with the knowledge they need to anticipate, prevent, and resolve common difficulties that may arise during practicum placement. Readers will find helpful background information on finding one amp rsquo s feet, developing rapport with clients, confidentiality and ethics, symptoms of psychopathology, assessment, psychopharmacology, and working with children or older adults. This second edition includes new and updated chapters that will appeal to all graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
What You Get From a Practicum
Janet R. Matthews and C. Eugene Walker
Characteristics of a Helping Relationship
B. Max Price
Developing Rapport
Janet R. Matthews and Lee H. Matthews
Confidentiality and Other Ethical Issues
Elizabeth Swenson
Psychopathology and Use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Amanda S. Cherry, Noel J. Jacobs, Timothy S. Thornberry Jr., and Stephen R. Gillaspy
Psychological Assessment
Lee H. Matthews
Interventions: Evidence-Based Treatments
Peter E. Nathan and Morgan T. Sammons
The Use of Medicine in the Treatment of Mental Disorders
Bruce K. McCormick
Special Issues in Working With Children
Jean C. Elbert
Special Issues in Working With Older Persons
Sara H. Qualls, Daniel L. Segal, and Kimberly E. Hiroto
Mental Health Professions
Janet R. Matthews and C. Eugene Walker
Index
About the Editors
