As time passes, we can see our younger generations get a greater sense of the importance of mental health and self-care. As a result, many teenagers plan to opt for helping fields. One of the major fields on this side is psychology. Psychology is a growing field with great potential especially when the current generation is very aware of the issues people face with mental health.
Subcategories
Psychology is a field that branches out into multiple subcategories for example clinical, abnormal, behavioral, biopsychology, cognitive, comparative, counseling, cross-cultural, educational, experimental, forensic, health, industrial-organizational, personality, school, sports, and social psychology to name a few. An individual has many options in front of them with this field but for this article, we’re going to specifically refer to clinical psychology which is what most people refer to when thinking about pursuing psychology.
Requirements
A clinical psychologist’s job is to assess and identify a person’s mental illness or distress and help treat them. Opening your own clinic or work in a hospital/clinic is readily available. To become a cynical psychologist you have to complete a bachelor’s degree and an additional 5 years of graduate work. To get admission in the bachelors of clinical psychology the candidate must have scored 45% or above in interlevel and have completed education till 12th standard.
Salary
Clinical psychology can help you earn from PKR 70,000 to PKR 200,000 per month in Pakistan. It can be one of the highest paying professions but it all depends on an individual’s skill and the time they have spent in the field.
Job opportunities
Job opportunities available range from public/private hospitals, agencies, research centers, local/international team centers, armed forces, newspapers, magazines, mental facilities, investigative departments, forensic labs, civil services training centers, consultant organizations, career counseling institutes to colleges and universities. Psychology holds a wide range of varieties able to appeal to whatever needs or preferences you have.
Universities
Current universities offering clinical psychology at Bs and MS level are:
1 King Edward Medical University
2 University Of Punjab
3 Government College University
4 Bahria University
5 National University Of Science And Technology
6 University Of Karachi
7 Lahore Garrison University
8 Women Institute Of Rehabilitation Sciences
9 Women Institute Of Learning
10 Imperial College Of Business Studies
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