Special Populations
Profession psychology
The future of professional psychology:
The influence of special populations on the field of professional psychology
According to the American Board of Professional Psychology: "It is expected that clinical psychologists will demonstrate sensitivity to and skills in dealing with multicultural/diverse populations....Individual and cultural diversity recognizes the broad scope of such factors as race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, class status, education, religion/spiritual orientation, and other cultural dimension" (Clinical psychology, 2012, ABPP). In other words, the special needs of specific population groups must be taken into consideration when offering care, to ensure that treatment is commensurate and sensitive to the population's needs. The reason for this emphasis on culturally-appropriate care reflects a greater awareness of how not all forms of treatment are appropriate for all population groups within the field, and the degree to which special population needs have and continues to shape the point-of-view of the discipline.
One population of great, recent concern in the field of psychology has been the rise in treating children with mental illness, particularly when done so with psychopharmacological means. Children used to be diagnosed with serious mental illnesses as bipolar disorder relatively rarely. Now the diagnosis has become common, as have drug treatments for the condition. "Many of the problems arise from disagreements on the most appropriate way to apply current diagnostic criteria, designed for use in adults, to children and adolescents" (Coghill 2003). Many of the psychotropic drugs have severe side effects, and their long-term impact upon the health of the children in question is unknown. Is the rise in diagnoses of childhood mental illness a result of under-diagnosis in the past? Are psychologists and physicians unconsciously copycatting one another? Is this due to the powerful influence of drug companies? "There is no evidence at all -- 'zero,' 'zip,' 'nil,' experts said -- that combining three or more drugs is appropriate or even effective in children or adults" but the practice of doing so is extremely common (Harris 206).
Today, "doctors routinely pair stimulants with antidepressants, antipsychotics...
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