Capacity, Collaboration, Credentials: Challenges to Psychology in the Caribbean
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| contents | Capacity, Collaboration, Credentials: Challenges to Psychology in the Caribbean Rita Dudley-Grant Psicología History Keywords Treatment Collaboration Cultural Competence Psychology in the Caribbean faces significant challenges. High quality psychological services are needed, along with educating new psychologists and expanding the profession to address mental health difficulties within Caribbean Communities. Beyond mental health concerns, a variety of psychological subspecialties are needed to promote change within the society still bearing the impact of slavery and colonialization. Challenges include “Brain drain” with talented youth migrating for educational and professional opportunities and with a few exceptions, a lack of local universities offering advanced degrees in the field of psychology. Further challenges arise from a lack of self-definition of psychol- ogy in the Caribbean. These factors, academic, professional and institutional will be reviewed and recommendations for action offered based on Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, CRCP 2011 surveys. 2013 artículo científico 0034-9690 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28430082010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=284 Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology application/pdf Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.47 |
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| spellingShingle | Capacity, Collaboration, Credentials: Challenges to Psychology in the Caribbean Rita Dudley-Grant Psicología History Keywords Treatment Collaboration Cultural Competence Capacity, Collaboration, Credentials: Challenges to Psychology in the Caribbean Rita Dudley-Grant Psicología History Keywords Treatment Collaboration Cultural Competence Psychology in the Caribbean faces significant challenges. High quality psychological services are needed, along with educating new psychologists and expanding the profession to address mental health difficulties within Caribbean Communities. Beyond mental health concerns, a variety of psychological subspecialties are needed to promote change within the society still bearing the impact of slavery and colonialization. Challenges include “Brain drain” with talented youth migrating for educational and professional opportunities and with a few exceptions, a lack of local universities offering advanced degrees in the field of psychology. Further challenges arise from a lack of self-definition of psychol- ogy in the Caribbean. These factors, academic, professional and institutional will be reviewed and recommendations for action offered based on Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, CRCP 2011 surveys. 2013 artículo científico 0034-9690 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28430082010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=284 Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology application/pdf Sociedad Interamericana de Psicología Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology (Puerto Rico) Num.2 Vol.47 |
| title | Capacity, Collaboration, Credentials: Challenges to Psychology in the Caribbean |
| topic | Psicología History Keywords Treatment Collaboration Cultural Competence |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28430082010 |