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Article #14: Mental Health Jobs offer Rewarding Career

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Many people have already found rewarding and social assistance is one the fastest
careers in the field of mental health, growing fields in the US. Social workers
enhancing and treating the emotional and are required to have a bachelor's degree
psychological well being of others. with several years experience, though
There are many types of jobs that allow many have master and PhD level degrees.
people to work in the field, working Social work involves improving the lives
with people of all ages and all types of of those who are faced with serious
cases. Positions range from associates issues including physical abuse, serious
degrees to post-graduate training, with illnesses, or social problems, such as
work ranging from research to patient unemployment, inadequate housing,
interaction. . substance abuse, and domestic problems.
Counselor-Family, child, or marital. Social workers may work in schools, for
Counseling is one of the most prominent government organizations, in healthcare
fields in mental health. It requires a institutions, or rehabilitation clinics.
master's degree in counseling and well as Earnings for social workers depends on
licensure and certification. Half of educational background, years of
counselors are employed by local or state experience, and type of employer. Those
government, while others are employed by who work as child or family social
mental health facilities. Many workers typically earn more than those
counselors work in school providing employed in mental or public health.
career and education services, as well as Occupational Therapy. Occupational
prevention services and identifying therapy is an important and rapidly
mental health problems in students. growing field where healthcare
Counselors can work in mental health professional aid those with disabilities
facilities treating mental and emotional or disorders in order to be functional
disorders. In this setting, counselors in daily living and working environments.
work with a wide variety of patients and Occupational therapy offers
work closely with other mental health opportunities as a therapist, requiring a
professionals to provide optimum mental master's degree, or as aides and
health. There are several other assistants, requiring only associates
specialized counseling fields including degrees or a diploma certificate.
marital counseling, geriatric, Occupational therapists perform a wide
multicultural, or genetic counseling. variety of tasks including physical
Psychiatrist-Specialize, MD or DO. exercise and mental exercise, and make
Psychiatry is a mental health positions plans and strategies to be more
that requires training as a physician. functional according to the type of
Physicians complete medical school and disability or disorder. Occupational
specialize in psychiatry and one of therapy may focus on a specific age
several psychiatric sub-fields. group, or patients with specific
Specialties include child psychiatry, disabilities. Occupational therapy work
learning disabilities, forensic may be found in home healthcare services,
psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, and physician's offices, nursing homes,
addiction psychiatry. Other areas also hospitals, and also in schools.
include neuropsychiatry, pharmacology, Occupational therapists can earn up to
and psychoanalysis. Psychiatrists work in $60,000 annually, while aides and
a variety of healthcare setting assistants earn around $35,000 annually.
including hospitals, private practices,
and mental health facilities. Earnings Recreational Therapy. Recreational
are high for psychiatrists, as with most therapists like occupational therapists
physicians, with earnings up to $180,000 provide services to those with mental and
annually. physical disabilities, but recreational
Psychologist. People often interchange rather than occupational activities.
the terms psychologist and psychiatrist, Activities include games, sports, art,
but they are in fact quite different. crafts, and playing with animals, which
Psychologists are not physicians, but all aid to reduce depression, increase
must obtain post graduate degrees as PhD confidence, and reduce the ailments of
or PsyD. Psychologists work in several disability and illness. Many
areas including clinical psychology, recreational therapists work in nursing
child psychology, school psychology, homes, while others work in mental
health psychology, and research health facilities. Recreational
psychology. Psychologists are considered therapists are required to have a
scientists, and use a variety of methods bachelors degree while many institutions
to perform research, collect data, and also offer a masters and doctoral level
publish studies. Psychologists are degree. Recreational therapists are also
subject to certification depending on required to be certified and licensed.
area of specialization. They work in Angela Oliver is a contributing writer
schools, business, hospitals, and for , a site offering free information
research centers. for healthcare training and job
Social Worker. Employment in healthcare opportunities.






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