Title: The structure of psychological services within the Eastern Regional Health Authority.
Authors: Molloy, Edmond; Clarke, Brid
Description: "We exist under the auspices of the E.H.B., to make available in the most
appropriate and effective way the knowledge and skills of psychology, to promote
psychological well-being and to prevent and alleviate psychological problems at both
individual and social levels."
It is beyond the proper scope of this assignment to critique this statement
but it is necessary to draw out some of its implications as perceived by this
consultant. Key words are:
- Under the auspices of
- To make available
- Promote psychological well-being
Prevent and alleviate psychological problems
There is a passive, subordinate ring to the first two noted phrases, and the
second two tend to separate out the psychological dimension of health. This
latter tendency is inconsistent with a more holistic paradigm as expressly
favoured by psychologists themselves. The following mission statement and
the supporting strategies which would follow naturally, would represent a
synthesis of what the consultant heard from the psychologists.
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