Sub specialties:

Child clinical psychology

- work with both children and families
- In-depth training in developmental psychology
and child assessment (e.g. Behavioral disorders,
learning disabilities, and motor developmental
delays) and treatment (e.g. Play therapy, group
therapy, parent consultation)
- Commonly work in community mental health
clinics, child guidance clinics, schools, childrens
hospital, and in private practices
Sub specialties:
Child clinical psychology
- May work with children who experienced
physical/sexual abuse, or have ADHD, conduct
disorders, autism, enuresis, learning disabilities,
serious illness, school phobia, trauma, or other
emotional, behavioral, or medical problem
- Pediatric psychologists work with children
and families in hospital settings. They may offer
pain management strategies to a child while
helping the family cope more effectively with the
situation and locate community resources.
Sub specialties:
Clinical Health Psychology
- The aggregate of the specific educational,
scientific, and professional contributions of the
discipline of psychology to the promotion and
maintenance of health, the prevention and
treatment of illness, the identification of etiologic
and diagnostic correlates of health, illness, and
related dysfunction, and to the analysis and
improvement of the health care system and
health policy formation
Sub specialties:
Clinical Neuropsychology
- Focuses on brain- behavior relationship
- Assesses brain and behavioral functioning and offer
strategies for patients suffering from brain
impairment due to a large range of problems such
as dementia, head injuries, tumors, autism, stroke,
AIDS, Alzheimers disease, epilepsy, and other
problems that result in cognitive and neurological
dysfunction
- Trained in assessing cognitive abilities including
executive or higher order cognitive functioning
(planning, judgment, problem solving), sensory and
motor functioning, memory skills and abstract
reasoning, and use a variety of specialized tests to
assess these brain-behavior relationships.
Sub specialties:
Forensic Psychology
- Application of psychology to legal issues
- Forensic psychologists may conduct
psychological evaluations with defendants and
present their findings as an expert witness in
court. They may also provide evaluations for
child custody arrangements, or be asked to
predict dangerousness or competency to stand
trial.
Sub specialties:
Geropsychology
- Provides a range of psychological services to
elderly members of the society
- May provide psychological or
neuropsychological testing, brief individual or
family psychotherapy, and consult on strategies
to maximize independence and self-care
- Geropsychologists develop activities to enhance
self-esteem, control, and alleviate depression
among elderly patients.
Code of Ethics (PAP)
Declaration of Principles
Principle I Respect for Dignity of Persons and
Peoples
Principle II Competent Caring for the Well-
being of Persons and People
Principle III Integrity
Principle IV Professional and Scientific
Responsibility to Society
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
I Resolving Ethical Issues
- Misuse of Psychologists Works
- Conflicts between Ethics and Law, Regulations or
other Governing Legal Authority
- Conflicts between Ethics and Organizational
Demands
- Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations
- Reporting Ethical Violations
- Cooperating with Ethics Committee
- Improper Complaints
- Unfair Discrimination Against Complainants and
Respondents
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
II Competencies
- Boundaries of Competence
- Providing Services in Emergencies
- Maintaining Competence
- Bases for Scientific and Professional Judgments
- Delegation of Work to Others
- Personal Problems and Conflicts
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
III Human Relation
- Unfair Discrimination
- Sexual Harrassment
- Other Harrassment
- Avoiding Harm
- Multiple Relationships
- Conflict of Interest
- Third Party Requests for Services
- Exploitative Relationships
- Cooperation with other professionals
- Informed Consent
- Psychological Services delivered to or through
Organizations
- Interruption of Psychological Services
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
IV Confidentiality
- Maintaining Confidentiality
- Limitations of Confidentiality
- Recording
- Minimizing Invasions of Privacy
- Disclosures
- Consultation
- Use of Confidential Information for Other
Purposes
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
V Advertisements and Public Statements
- Avoidance of False or Deceptive Statements
- Public Statements
- Workshops, Seminars and Non-Degree-
Granting Educational Programs
- Media Presentations
- Testimonials
Code of Ethics (PAP)
General Ethical Standards and Procedures:
VI Records and Fees
- Documentation and Maintenance of Records
- Confidentiality of Records
- Withholding Client Records
- Fees and financial arrangements
Code of Ethics (PAP)
Ethical Standards and Procedures in Specific
Functions:
VII Assessment
- Bases for Assessment
- Informed Consent in Assessment
- Assessment Tools
- Obsolete and Outdated Test Results
- Interpreting Assessment Results
- Release of Test Data
- Explaining Assessment Results
- Test Security
- Assessment by Unqualified Persons
- Test Construction
Code of Ethics (PAP)
Ethical Standards and Procedures in Specific
Functions:
VIII Therapy
- Confidentiality
- Informed Consent
- Clients Wellbeing
- Relationships
- Record Keeping
- Competent Practice
- Working with Young People
- Referrals
- Interruptions
- Termination
Code of Ethics (PAP)
Ethical Standards and Procedures in Specific
Functions:
IX Education and Training
- Design of Education and Training Programs
- Descriptions of Education and Training
Programs
- Accuracy in Teaching
- Student Disclosure of Personal Information
- Mandatory Individual or Group Therapy
- Assessing Student and Supervisee Performance
- Sexual Relationships with Students and
Supervisees
Code of Ethics (PAP)
Ethical Standards and Procedures in Specific Functions:
X Research
- Rights and Dignity of Participants
- Informed Consent to Research
- Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research
- Research Participation of Client, Students, and Subordinates
- Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
- Offering Inducements for Research Participation
- Deception in Research
- Debriefing
- Observational Research
- Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research
- Reporting Research Results
- Plagiarism
- Publication Credit
- Duplicate Publication of Data
- Sharing Research Data for Verification
- Reviewers
- Limitations of the Study