Apartheid and Post-Apartheid Intern Clinical Psychology Training in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Pillay
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Professional Psychology ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training ◽  
Black Africans ◽  
Black African ◽  
Psychology Interns ◽  
International Trends

An analysis of race and sex of clinical psychology interns was undertaken at a major training hospital complex during the Apartheid and Postapartheid periods. 7 of 87 (8.1%) interns trained in the apartheid period were Black African. Significantly more Black Africans and women were trained during the Post-apartheid period. The results were discussed within the context of South Africa's social and political transition, as well as international trends relating to sex and professional psychology.

South African Clinical Psychology, Employment (In)Equity and the “Brain Drain”

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Pillay ◽  
Anne L. Kramers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training ◽  
The Brain

The current study investigated race, gender and the “brain drain” in the Midlands Hospital (Pietermaritzburg) intern clinical psychology training programme. During the 20-year period between 1981 and 2000 a total of 128 interns were accepted into the programme. Almost three-quarters of the interns were White, and the majority of the sample was unskilled in the predominant language spoken in the region. Approximately 60% of the interns trained were female. No significant increase in the intake of Black interns was observed during the post-apartheid period (i.e.1994 to 2000). However, a significant increase in female interns was noted during that period. At the time of writing this article, almost one-quarter of the interns were working outside South Africa, the majority in Europe. Considering the findings, it is imperative that the profession re-examines its goals in post-apartheid South Africa, and makes concerted efforts to develop the mechanism to attain these. In addition, the profession and government need to take very seriously the “brain drain” problem and jointly develop acceptable ways of alleviating it.

Now they’re listening: involvement in clinical psychology training

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Laura Lea ◽  
Sue Holttum ◽  
Victoria Butters ◽  
Diana Byrne ◽  
Helen Cable ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Service User ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe 2014/2015 UK requirement for involvement of service users and carers in training mental health professionals has prompted the authors to review the work of involvement in clinical psychology training in the university programme. Have the voices of service users and carers been heard? The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe authors update the paper of 2011 in which the authors described the challenges of inclusion and the specific approaches the authors take to involvement. The authors do this in the context of the recent change to UK standards for service user and carer involvement, and recent developments in relation to partnership working and co-production in mental healthcare. The authors describe the work carried out by the authors – members of a service user involvement group at a UK university – to ensure the voices of people affected by mental health difficulties are included in all aspects of training.FindingsCareful work and the need for dedicated time is required to enable inclusive, effective and comprehensive participation in a mental health training programme. It is apparent that there is a group of service users whose voice is less heard: those who are training to be mental health workers.Social implicationsFor some people, involvement has increased. Trainee mental health professionals’ own experience of distress may need more recognition and valuing.Originality/valueThe authors are in a unique position to review a service-user-led project, which has run for 12 years, whose aim has been to embed involvement in training. The authors can identify both achievements and challenges.

scholarly journals Clinical psychology training in sleep and sleep disorders

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Meltzer ◽  
Cindy Phillips ◽  
Jodi A. Mindell
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training
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