Pursuing a Career in Mental Health: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Professionals

Pursuing a Career in Mental Health: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Professionals
ISBN-10
0197544711
ISBN-13
9780197544716
Category
Mental health services
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Ann F. Garland

Description

"Many people are interested in pursuing a career in mental health but may be uncertain about career options. This book helps to identify the best educational path for their interests and prepare for success. Throughout, mental health professionals share inspiring wisdom to build realistic expectations and highlight key decision points. Comprehensive information about the disciplines of counseling, marital/couples and family therapy, psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric nursing, and social work is provided, along with an expansive array of job possibilities. Practical guidance about masters versus doctoral degrees, graduate admissions success, educational costs, and salary projections is offered. Readers learn about how diversity and inclusion issues, as well as laws and ethics impact mental health, and how to prevent career burnout. Thought-provoking chapters promote balanced respect for both the healing art and the science of mental health, and forecast innovations that will shape the field into the future. Finally, multimedia resources are recommended to boost career preparedness"--

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