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I've searched SDN and I haven't found much pertaining to this discussion.
It seems like most people feel like the future of clinical psychology is kind of bleak. Is this the same case for academia in psychology/neuroscience? I'm personally looking into cognitive neuroscience PhD programs but I'm still thinking about going the neuropsychologist route. Does anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of both routes?
From what I gather both careers can be risky and hard to find a solid job somewhere but clinical psych has more options. The pros are that your doing something you love and getting paid for it. Both careers do not earn a lot for an advanced degree but clinical psychology can make more (esp in one specializes e.g. neuropsych). Academia can be publish or perish with tons of grant writing and clinical psych has lots of other problems addressed in other threads. I know you can be a clinical psychologist and do research but is it really worth it if the clinical field is just another option?
Anyone else with more knowledge than me care to elaborate on this issue?
Thank you
It seems like most people feel like the future of clinical psychology is kind of bleak. Is this the same case for academia in psychology/neuroscience? I'm personally looking into cognitive neuroscience PhD programs but I'm still thinking about going the neuropsychologist route. Does anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of both routes?
From what I gather both careers can be risky and hard to find a solid job somewhere but clinical psych has more options. The pros are that your doing something you love and getting paid for it. Both careers do not earn a lot for an advanced degree but clinical psychology can make more (esp in one specializes e.g. neuropsych). Academia can be publish or perish with tons of grant writing and clinical psych has lots of other problems addressed in other threads. I know you can be a clinical psychologist and do research but is it really worth it if the clinical field is just another option?
Anyone else with more knowledge than me care to elaborate on this issue?
Thank you