The standards of psychological treatment in Australia is in question. The Psychological Society of Australia has been accused of allowing the industry to employ only partially trained psychologists. Six qualified practitioners have made this claim. Although psychologists register with the society not all are qualified.
If this is the case it is appalling. How could untrained people possibly be allowed to treat the sick, particularly if these patients are suicidal.
Apparently, clinical psychologists are fully qualified though they can be members of the society, whereas the remainder of registered psychologists are not trained. GPs refer patients to a registered psychologist who then treats the patient. The counselling is subsidized under Medicare. Over the last five years the Government has paid out twice as much to the practitioners than was budgeted.
A deeper look into the issue shows, however, that some academic bigotry is involved. Clinical psychologists who complete a degree followed by a Masters or Doctorate are saying registered psychologists who do a degree and two years supervised training are under qualified. This could be a case of an elite trying to freeze the others out of business.
The US and Britain insist on a Masters or Doctorate ticket. Australia says two years post degree training is enough.
If this is the case it is appalling. How could untrained people possibly be allowed to treat the sick, particularly if these patients are suicidal.
Apparently, clinical psychologists are fully qualified though they can be members of the society, whereas the remainder of registered psychologists are not trained. GPs refer patients to a registered psychologist who then treats the patient. The counselling is subsidized under Medicare. Over the last five years the Government has paid out twice as much to the practitioners than was budgeted.
A deeper look into the issue shows, however, that some academic bigotry is involved. Clinical psychologists who complete a degree followed by a Masters or Doctorate are saying registered psychologists who do a degree and two years supervised training are under qualified. This could be a case of an elite trying to freeze the others out of business.
The US and Britain insist on a Masters or Doctorate ticket. Australia says two years post degree training is enough.
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