Treatment of Mental Disorders - Introduction

One of the greatest amusements (or annoyances) for some psychologists is when they are introduced at a party or other social gathering as a psychologist, people suddenly become quiet or begin telling them their problems. Why? These people are confused about the difference between psychology and clinical psychology. The difference between psychology and clinical psychology is clinical psychology deals with the actual treatment of mental disorders and problems. The notion that psychology is clinical psychology is one of the greatest misconceptions among the general public - hence it's important to make the distinction between the two.

In this section, you'll get an overview of some of the treatments of clinical psychology in the areas of biology and psychoanalytical. You'll also see how effective these two treatments are along with the frequency with which each is generally applied.