INTERVENCIÓN DEL PSICÓLOGO CLÍNICO EN LA SALUD MENTAL

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to characterize the intervention of the clinical psychologist in the mental health of patients who attend public and private consultation in the city of Portoviejo. For the implementation of this quali - quantitative research, the review and selection of a wide updated and pertinent bibliography was carried out; an interview was applied to ten clinical psychologists who are in the exercise and a survey of 264 inhabitants. According to the results, the Psychology professional performs his intervention through a systematic assessment in the bio-psychosocial area that allows him to establish a Personalized Intervention Plan. This is based, mainly in the Psychoanalysis, Cognitive-Behavioral, Humanist, according to the situations and characteristics of the patient; the population that mostly attends are children and adolescents who present behavioral problems and usually abandon their treatments for personal and institutional reasons, which affects the effectiveness of the psychological intervention.