| Are you interested in a career in mental health and | | | | of jobs available to psychologists as well. There are |
| psychology? If so, then it is important that you do your | | | | jobs available in clinical psychology, with specialties in |
| research into the career before you fully make up | | | | neuropsychology, health psychology, and |
| your mind. This field is one that many people enjoy; | | | | geropsychology. |
| however, it may not be the right choice for everyone. | | | | School psychologists can find great jobs working in |
| So, before you get ready to make this important | | | | elementary schools as well as high schools and they |
| career decision, there are a few things that you need | | | | deal with psychological and behavior problems in |
| to consider. You'll no doubt want to be informed about | | | | students. You can also find available jobs in |
| the educational requirements, the various job positions | | | | developmental psychology as well, which deals with |
| available in the field, the salary you can expect, and | | | | social, cognitive, and physiological develop that occurs |
| perhaps a few companies that offer great jobs in the | | | | in people throughout their life. Of course there are |
| field. Once you sort out this information, you'll be better | | | | teaching jobs and research jobs available in the mental |
| prepared to decide if this career is really for you or | | | | health field as well. |
| not. | | | | Pay - What to Expect |
| Preparing with Education | | | | Of course the pay that you expect will highly depend |
| If you plan on having a career in mental health and | | | | on which job you pick within the mental health field. |
| psychology, you are definitely going to need a good | | | | Nurses will only make between $30,000 and $50,000 in |
| education. However, the education that you will need | | | | this field, depending on their experience and education. |
| will be based on what specific job you want within the | | | | Psychologists that work in schools usually make |
| field. If you want to be a mental health counselor, then | | | | around $58,000 a year, those in family services usually |
| you will need a different education than a mental | | | | make about $42,000 yearly, and those who work with |
| health nurse. Nurses who want to specialize in mental | | | | other health care practitioners make around $65,000 a |
| health nursing must take their regular nurse training, | | | | year. Some psychologists make as low as $40,000 a |
| which usually takes 4 years for a Bachelor's degree. | | | | year, while on the top end, others make as much as |
| During that time you can choose to specialize in mental | | | | $100,000 a year. |
| health nursing. | | | | Great Companies that Offer Jobs |
| If you plan on being a psychologist then you will need | | | | If you do decide to get involved in a mental health or |
| to have a doctoral degree. If a Ph.D. in psychology is | | | | psychology career, no doubt you are going to be |
| your goal, you are going to spend about 5-7 years in | | | | interested in finding companies that offer excellent |
| graduate school, which comes after you have a | | | | jobs, with great pay and benefits. Whether you live in |
| Bachelor's degree. So basically you will have spent | | | | the United States or Canada, there are some great |
| about 9-11 years in higher education. Some degrees | | | | companies out there that hire people in mental health |
| also include internships as well. If you want to become | | | | careers. A few great companies to consider in the |
| a school psychologist, dealing with students, you will | | | | United States include Georgia Correctional Healthcare, |
| need a special Ed.S. degree that focuses on both | | | | Range Mental Health Center in Minnesota, Bayview |
| education and psychology. There are also some jobs | | | | Center for Mental Health, Inc., in Miami, Florida, and |
| available that only require that you have a Master's | | | | Anne Arundel Health Systems in Maryland. There are |
| degree in psychology. | | | | also some great companies to consider in Canada as |
| Positions Available in the Field | | | | well, including Provincial Health Services Authority in |
| There are a variety of excellent positions available on | | | | British Columbia, Prairie North Regional Health Authority |
| the field of mental health, depending on what you are | | | | in Saskatchewan, and River Valley Health, in New |
| most interested in. There are counseling jobs available, | | | | Brunswick. All of these companies offer competitive |
| jobs for nurses and nurses' aides who want to work in | | | | salaries as well as good benefits. |
| mental health care, and of course there are a variety | | | | |