Clinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to action

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dc.contributor.authorPillay, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Rashid
dc.contributor.authorBawa, Umesh
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T09:12:39Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T09:12:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWith the profession of clinical psychology and its formal training programmes less than 40 years old in South Africa, it is important that efforts are made to critically examine its challenges and the extent to which it is meeting the prevailing mental health needs. The profession has gone through a chequered history in South Africa and needs to look at how it realigns its goals and practices, to be in tune with the imperatives of democracy, and to ensure that mental health benefits accrue to all of the country’s people, rather than a minority. To this end, the authors examine training issues, such as recruitment, curricula, and future directions. We assert that a clinical psychology that draws from current resources and foregrounds a primary health-care orientation can start to address some of the challenges facing training in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationPillay, A., Ahmed, R., Bawa, U. (2013). Clinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to action. South African Journal of Psychology, 43 (1): 46-51en_US
dc.identifier.issn0081-2463
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2111
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246312474411
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectPrimary health careen_US
dc.subjectPsychologisten_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectTrainingen_US
dc.titleClinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to actionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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