Psychologist Degrees in Oregon - OR

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: February, 19 2010

The Oregon Department of Human Services focuses beyond keeping its residents’ bodies healthy. The Mental Health division, for example, offers a Statewide Wraparound Initiative, which focuses on creating an integrated system to care for the behavioral health needs of Oregon’s youth in the custody of the state.

Other areas the state focuses on include helping people cope with trauma, gambling addiction, creating mentally healthy workplaces, training peers to deliver mental health services, and helping drug addicts reintegrate into society.

For all these topics and more, individuals holding a psychology degree in Oregon are at the forefront of delivering care to Oregon’s people in need.

Continuing Education and for Psychologists in Oregon

A psychology degree in Oregon requires that after you have received your license to practice, you continue to educate yourself in psychology-specific topics. Every two years (in sync with your license renewal) you must earn a minimum of 50 continuing education credits. At least four hours of this relates to ethics and at least seven hours relates to pain management. Oregon’s Pain Management Commission of the Department of Human Services offers a one-hour course, which must be taken.

Check with the licensing board’s website to see what courses are eligible. Note, however, that many types of classes do not count towards your 50 hours. These include administrative meetings, yoga or massage classes, business strategy classes or workshops, and a host of non-traditional therapies.