Clinical psychology in Lithuania: current developmentsin training and legislation
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Klinikinė psichologija; Mokymai; Politika; Teisės aktai; Švietimas; Clinical psychology; Education; Legislation; Lithuania; Policy; Training.
ENThis paper presents an overview of the current status in training and legislation of clinicalpsychology in Lithuania. Clinical psychology training at the university level in Lithuania startedsoon after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and was influenced by the social contextand historical-political situation in the country. Currently, legislation for clinical psychology inLithuania is in progress, and several promising regulations for psychology in health care wereintroduced in the last decade. However, psychologists, including clinical psychologists, are notlicensed in Lithuania. The lack of legislation for psychology is the main obstacle for the recognitionand establishment of clinical psychology in the country. In health care, the title ‘clinicalpsychologist’ is not common; ‘medical psychologist’ is the title used instead to refer to both clinicalpsychologists and health psychologists. We conclude that while the development of clinicalpsychology in Lithuania is promising, there is still a long way to go to establish clinical psychologyas an important profession in Lithuania. [From the publication]
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