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2022 International Women’s Day

MQ Mental Health

Dr Bronwyn Graham Dr Bronwyn Graham from the University of New South Wales in Sydney used her MQ Fellowship to investigate the effect of hormones on anxiety disorders in women. Now learnings from Ethels study are being adopted by other countries across Africa.

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. depression and anxiety symptoms; Cuijpers, 2019; Yehuda & Hoge, 2016). Defining response and nonresponse to posttraumatic stress disorder treatments: A systematic review.

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although psychotherapy has been in existence for over a century, the field has struggled to build upon research findings with consistent, accumulating evidence. cognitive restructuring) increases assertive behavior, decreases symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improves self-esteem and relationship satisfaction.

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Mental wellbeing can, and should, be assessed in clinical samples

Society of Clinical Psychology

While the integration of wellbeing into clinical psychology has come a long way, more work is needed before this approach will be widely adopted and even including into clinical training programs. For example, consider Mrs. Jones, who is in therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. His scores on the MHC-SF are really low.

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Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Age of COVID-19

Relias

Rates of depression and anxiety among Americans skyrocketed between 2020 and 2022. To better understand the effects of the pandemic on crisis situations and the associated methods of prevention and intervention, we will discuss the following crisis situations: Substance use disorder. Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19.

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

Society of Clinical Psychology

Consistent with previous work highlighting the importance of adopting a strengths-based framework for minority mental health (e.g., Consider the following case example: a 12-year-old Hispanic girl, Rosa, presents to cognitive behavioral treatment for anxiety problems. Gaylord-Harden et al., my classmates think I talk in a weird way.

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., 2014), positive psychotherapy (Lopez-Gomez et al.,