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MA Clinical Psychology(RCI), formerly known as M.Phil Clinical Psychology, is a 2 Year Post-graduate program and the best path to earn a License as a Clinical Psychologist in India. The Candidates who are interested to do M.Phil Clinical Psychology, they should have MA / M.Sc in Psychology / Applied Psychology with 55% of Marks to participate in Entrance Examinations. 
After completing the M.Phil in Clinical Psychology, the candidate gets a license to work as a clinical psychologist in hospitals, NGOs, counselling centres, rehabilitation centres, private clinics etc. Candidates can also start their own clinic. Clinical psychologist receives extensive training to diagnose and treat mental illness.
There are many RCI Approved Universities / Colleges / Universities that offer an MA in Clinical Psychology. Click Here to see the Complete List of Institutes.
 

Admission Processes of MPhil Clinical Psychology

All institutions have their own processes and criteria, but based on any one or a combination of two or three of the following:

• Entrance Examinations Based on MCQs
• Practicals of Psychological Testing
• Interview

How to Prepare for M.Phil Clinical Psychology Entrance

Preparation of M.Phil Clinical Psychology relies on universities/institutions. They follow different patterns, and the distribution of numbers is also different but the syllabus is the same, which you can follow for the Entrance Exams. Before presenting the TIPS and recommendations, I would like to say that falling in love with psychology is important if you want to crack MA Clinical Psychology RCI Entrance Examination.
Your Postgraduate Handwritten Notes are one of the best resources for the MA Clinical Psychology (formerly M.Phil) Entrance Exam. If you don’t have your self-written notes, then ask your mentor and teacher to provide them.

The right strategies are the key to success in any Entrance exam. The following points will help you to make the right strategies for the MA Clinical Psychology RCI Entrance:
 

1. Understand the Syllabus of the Entrance Exam

This is very important to understand the syllabus to do the effort in the right direction. Make sure that your notes must be according to last year's Entrance, you may use last year's Question paper to understand the syllabus.

2. Important Books for MA Clinical Psychology (RCI) Entrance Preparation

As we discussed earlier in this article, your own hand-written notes are a good choice because it’s difficult to read 10-15 books within the timeframe with MCQs practice, but if you have the option of book only, then you should read the following book:

• Introduction to Psychology(16th Edition): Rita Atkinson and Hilgard
• Social Psychology: Baron Robert
• Theories of Personality: Hall, Lindzey, and Campbell 
• Human Development: Papalia and Sally Olds
• BioPsychology: Arvind Otta
• Cognitive Psychology: E. Bruce Goldstein
• Statistics: Quinn McNemar / Minium
• Research Method: James Goodwin / Lewin & Fox / A. K. Singh
• Psychological Testing: Ronald Jay Cohen and Mark E. Swerdlik
• Abnormal Psychology: Jill M. Hooley, James N. Butcher, Matthew K. Nock
• Clinical Psychology: Alan Carr / Hecker and Geoffrey
• Latest Advancement: Psychologs Magazine 
• DSM or the ICD
• Psychology Question Bank: Arvind Otta

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3. Practice through MCQs Questions

Practice through MCQs is also very important, along with the Theory clarification for the M.Phil Clinical Psychology Entrance Examination. There are no such dedicated MCQ books available for the MA Clinical Psychology Entrance. There are few books available for other Exam that you can use but you need a kind of book who can guide your mistakes so online portal like UPS Education’s Test Panel is very useful because this online Portal not only correct your answer but gives you the complete insight about your test like correct answer, Explanations of correct Answer, Chapter / Topic wise report, Improvement report etc through Artificial Intelligence.

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