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• Partial hospitalization
o Help facilitate early discharge and recovery from acute phase of illness.
o Include symptom and illness management, training on use of medication and dealing with side effects.
o Help with effective use of leisure time . •
Day hospital treatment o Help patients to be maintained at home and reduce
contact time with families. o Positive interactions with other patients.
o Training in social skills, ADL, grooming, dining etc. •
Clubhouse approach o To promote patient empowerment.
o Help with transitional work. o Patient run and managed.
o To provide an environment for a low key and drop in
approach. •
Job club o Focus on job search and job placement.
o Transitional employment should be an added emphasis
for CMHC. •
CMHT services: as above mainly relapse prevention and defaulter tracing.
• Counseling services: for individuals and families.
• Collaboration with NGOs especially family groups.
• Illness management and recovery modules and family
intervention to be done here.
6.11.5 Fees
• Follow Akta Fee as per government regulations.
6.12 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES
6.12.1 Introduction
The need for clinical psychology services is on the rise in both private and public settings as people’s awareness on mental health issues
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and the importance of psychological well-being increases every day. Clinical psychologists aspire to reduce psychological distress, as well as
to enhance and promote psychological well-being. Working in a health and social care settings as a part of a multi-disciplinary team enables
them to empower positive changes on their patients.
This policy covers the professional responsibilities of Clinical Psychologists who provide clinical psychology services in the Ministry of Health. All
psychologists must ensure that they are familiar with these policies. This policy aims at providing a basic statement of standards of service
provision, which may act as a benchmark for local clinical psychologists to review their services and, where appropriate, may be used to inform
communications with other professionals and service users.
6.12.2 Objectives Of The Service
a To provide psychological assessments, consultations and psychological interventions for people who need help with
psychological or behavioral dificulties, made available to the population through a range of community-based and
hospital settings.
b To co-ordinate the provision of Clinical Psychology services within the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
c To provide advice, support, training, consultation and supervision to clinical psychologists.
d To contribute to the inter-disciplinary understanding of the causes and consequences of health and illness by
participation in collaborative research, service evaluation and treatment programmes with other specialties.
e To play a full role in developing the Clinical Psychology Services and to contribute to the wider service and ministry
objectives. f To empower the society on the prevention of mental health
issues in regards of promoting psychological well-being.
6.12.3 Scope of Services
The profession is organized into a range of specialties which include services of:
• Adult.
• Children and Adolescent.
• Neuropsychology.
