Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology is the assessment treatment prevention and understanding of mental illnesses Through the use of research and statistics prevention intervention and treat of mental dysfunction have added to the evolutionary nature of this subfield of psychology Plante 2011 There are plenty of differences between professions associated with clinical psychology Between what they can use for treatment options such as medication counseling therapies and techniques They are also working in different environments This makes it easier to understand that their training s also vary from profession to profession with some of these needing extensive schooling as well as training Each profession is a lot of hard work but in the end they are able to help more people Before mental illness was known as an illness people were believed to be possessed As early as the ancient civilization mental illness was believed to be a demonic possession of the human body The only known treatment options were brutal and sometimes fatal cures
