PhD and MA clinical psychologists and MSWs in public mental health settings: A nationwide comparison.

Havens, Ronald A.; Colliver, Jerry A.; Dimond, Richard E.; Wesley, Robert M.

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“…I recall that we suggested in the early 1980s that a terminal master's program be required to adhere to truth-in-advertising regulations and label their catalogs, "Warning: This degree may be hazardous to your employment opportunities." A nationwide study of comparative employment opportunities, salaries, duties, and job skills of those with master's degrees in social work (MSWs), doctoral clinical psychologists, and subdoctoral clinical psychologists indicated that the subdoctoral clinicians fell behind MSWs and both fell behind doctoral level clinical psychologists on all dimensions (Havens et al, 1982). In the eyes of the directors of mental health centers, they simply did not measure up.…”

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1998-1999 award winners.

1999

American Psychologist

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He changed the way we look at everyday life. For his innovative approach to methodology: He showed that experiments can be audacious, precise, imaginative, and impactful. For the dynamic clarity of his writing and teaching: He inspired students to love and appreciate social psychology. For his achievements in applying social psychological wisdom to the areas of energy use, AIDS prevention, and prejudice reduction: He improved the lives of countless people. Elliot Aronson's vision of social psychology as a rigorous science in the service of humanity stands as a beacon for generations of scientists to come." BiographyElliot Aronson grew up in the poor, working-class town of Revere, Massachusetts, in the 1930s and 1940s. His was the only Jewish family in a virulently anti-Semitic neighborhood. At dusk, walking home from Hebrew school, he was occasionally roughed up by gangs of tough guys shouting anti-Semitic epithets. One of his earliest vivid memories involves sitting on the curb at age 9, nursing a bloody nose and a split lip, wondering how it was that these kids could hate him so much. They didn't even know him! Were they born hating Jews or did that kind of hatred have to be taught? If they got to know him better, would they like him a little more? If they liked him more, would they hate other Jews less? He didn't realize it at the time, but those were profound social psychological questions.Years later, as an indifferent high school student, Aronson astonished his teachers (and himself) with a very high score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Brandeis University had recently opened its doors and, perhaps because of its newness, took a huge risk by allowing his SAT score to override his poor grades and offering him a work-study scholarship. Without that scholarship, he never would have been able to attend college.Aronson began his college career as an economics major, solely because his father, an uneducated factory worker who had recently died, firmly believed in the value of a college education as a ticket to financial security. That changed one day when Aronson found himself following a pretty young woman into her class, hoping to continue the conversation they'd begun in the coffee shop. The class was Introductory Psychology, and the lecture that day concerned prejudice. Lo and behold, the professor was raising the same questions Aronson had been asking himself as a young boy sitting on the curb. For the first time, he realized that there was an entire science devoted to asking such questions. He switched his major to psychology that same day. The teacher of that class was Abraham Maslow.This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.Receiving an award for a lifetime of scientific dabbling provides me with a powerful impetus (as well as a wonderful excuse) to look over my shoulder, as it were, at some 40 years of my own experiments to ...

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“…Both national and regional data indicate that MAlevel personnel are the main providers of psychological services in the public sector, from the state hospitals to the community mental health system (Dimond, Havens, Rathnow, & Colliver, 1977;Havens, Colliver, Dimond, & Wesley, 1982;Stevens, Yock, & Perlman, 1979;Perlman, 1985). In fact, the rapid growth of applied MA programs during the 1960s and 1970s, primarily at regional state universities, paralleled the growth of the community mental health movement.…”

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The case for master's degree training in psychology for practice in the public sector.

O’Connor¹,

Tucker²

1990

Service Needs of the Seriously Mentally Ill: Training Implications for Psychology.

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“…The previously mentioned survey by Havens et al (1982) shed a new light on the situation, however. Although it was found that subdoctoral clinical psychologists were in demand in the marketplace, received positive ratings on professional competence and academic background, and were viewed by their employers as providing a positive contribution to the operation of their agencies, this group tended to fall behind both MSWs and doctoral-level practitioners on almost all dimensions of consideration.…”

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Doctoral and master's-level clinical psychologists and MSWs in public mental health settings: A nationwide follow-up.

Colliver¹,

Havens²,

Wesley³

1985

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Directors of public mental health facilities throughout the country who participated in a survey in 1979 comparing the employment-opportunities, salaries, duties, and skills of doctoral and subdoctoral clinical psychologists and MSWs were asked to complete a similar survey in 1983. The results indicated that, in the interim, salaries for all groups have increased significantly andmembers of each group are stayingon the job longer. Ratings of competency, contributions to the agency, and adequacy of academic background have not changed significantly, and subdoctoral clinicians continue to be rated lower than MSWs and doctoral-level clinicians on all dimensions. On the other hand, the ratings received by subdoctoral clinicians continue to be positive on all dimensions and over half of the agency directors surveyed indicated that they believed discontinuation of training at that level would have a negative impact on the services provided by their agencies. For these and other reasons, it is concluded that the subdoctoral clinical psychologist is a necessary and valuable member of the mental health community who should he dealt with in a reasonable, professional manner rather than be disenfranchized or ignored.

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PhD and MA clinical psychologists and MSWs in public mental health settings: A nationwide comparison.

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

1998-1999 award winners.

1998-1999 award winners.

The case for master's degree training in psychology for practice in the public sector.

Doctoral and master's-level clinical psychologists and MSWs in public mental health settings: A nationwide follow-up.

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