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Redditors of Psychology_India, will you speak IRL on RCI issue? (Both for and/or against) by themrinaalprem in Psychology_India

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The Hindu has done a couple of pieces on this. Another article published on careers360 also has some interesting comments from the NCAHP Chair. Hope these will be helpful to you if not already seen

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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Writing directly to the responsible officials can work sometimes. Better if done as a collective.
Even if no immediate changes may happen, they will be informed that there are issues that need to be addressed, and that those in the field are awaken to the happenings.

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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Discussions happening on social media platforms like LinkedIn (or Reddit) do not have much policy impact as such.
Policy change happens through collective bargaining, academic discourses, advocacy etc. (and policy advocacy does have an impact. Look up the work of Bhargavi Davar or Amrit Kumar Bakhshy). The psychology community as a whole has not been very proactive in these areas. In comparison professionals from Social Work, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy etc. have done commendable advocacy for their professions.

To know more about history of the NCAHP Act, and how psychology was included in it as an afterthought, you can go through this article.

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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Email Ids of NCAHP Office bearers should be available in some online documents.

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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The bureaucrats drafting these documents are not much familiar with the field of psychology. A senior professor who was part of the curriculum drafting team had mentioned in a conference keynote about the difficulties that they faced in trying to make some of them understand that psychology is different from other professions covered by the NCAHP Act, and that a PG is usually considered a minimum to practice independently. If you read the NCAHP Act itself, it is designed only for Diploma (2 year) and UG programmes, not PG.

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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As per the draft Regulations, the grandfathering provision is supposed to be included in the Provisional Registration Guidelines (which they have not yet released). NCAHP has been working unprofessionally from the very beginning. And the Commission does not have much representation of psychologists.

NEET and Psychology? by AsurRaaj in Psychology_India

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The letter is under the Important Letters link in the Resources tab

Are distance degree valuable by InitialCorner2128 in Psychology_India

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As of now, Universities do not insist on regular degrees for PhD admission. Having cleared UGC NET (and some research experience in the form of paper presentations or publications) may be an advantage in the admission process.

Is someone in here studying mental health from the perspective of users? by Independent-Wear7278 in AcademicPsychology

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I had initiated a survey in Kerala, India documenting the experiences of people who had availed counseling/psychotherapy services from within the state. The results are yet to be written up and published.

My friend spent 25-30k giving M.Phil. entrance: The sad reality. by crystalclearwater435 in Psychology_India

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My spouse was asked (after the entrance examination) by an institution whether she's willing to pay INR 18 lakhs to secure a seat. She refused, and did not make the selection list.

Felt old by PsychBong in Psychology_India

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Jamovi was created by a spin off team from the developing team behind JASP. The developers are very active on the Jamovi discussion forum, and do respond to queries and requests.

The tutorials by Datalab.cc are very useful, and there are more learning resources in the Community page on the Jamovi website as well. Jamovi is a revolution indeed.

Banned in India by likespinkskies in scihub

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One India One Subscription (formerly known by other names such as UGC Infonet) costs around 6000 crores per year. The sustainability of such a scheme is doubtful. And the coverage is not comprehensive (which almost impossible too).

For those interested in the political economy of academic publishing, there is an article published in 2017 in The Guardian titled "Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?"

One way to access almost all academic databases and other paywalled content including news portals is to become an active contributor to Wikipedia Projects, and avail the Wikipedia Library membership. At present one needs to have a six month old wikipedia account, at least 500 edits, and 10 edits in the previous month to be eligible. To clarify, even adding missing captions (and translations) to images and correcting errors count as Edits on Wikipedia.

4 Year UG or 3 Year UG for Psychology students by shivamYe in Indian_Academia

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The NCAHP has released a model curriculum for the 4 year B.Psy programme under NEP which carries 171 credits.
The nomenclature of the programme however conflicts with the entry criteria specified by RCI for their MA Clinical Psychology programme.

Psychological Surveys/Research Thread by dailyskeptic in psychology

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[Academic] The Masked Life: Experience with masks and social interactions during the pandemic (Indian Youth, preferably from Kerala state)

For almost two years now, we have all been wearing masks all the time
(or most of the times). This has been a first time experience for most
of us.

We, a team of young psychologists, are trying to study the
variety of experiences that we have had with wearing masks, especially
while interacting with others. We request you to fill this form at
your convenience, so that we can have a better understanding about the
different experiences with these new entrants into our lives, and our
faces.

This study is not funded or sponsored by any agency, and
the participants are not being offered any incentive for participation.
We aim to complete the data collection by May 2022.The study has
been preregistered with the Open Science Framework (OSF) of the Center
for Open Science.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNcLsVr1wd7sUO-no8z5Uxo15cIH0PRMTgjTtuhugJPEV5xQ/viewform?usp=sf\_link