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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Before you continue reading this blog, take a moment and reflect for one moment: what do you, as a clinical psychologist, use as a criterion for recovery or therapy success? What would it mean for clinical psychology if we maintained an intentional focus on both treating mental illness and promoting mental wellbeing?

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How Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) Can Use Crisis Prevention and Intervention

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In fact, the work of direct support professionals (DSPs) is often tied directly to crisis prevention and intervention. The outbreak of COVID-19 underscored how the need for DSPs to understand and practice crisis prevention and intervention techniques has grown. Provide DSPs With Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training.

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

Social Work Blog

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has further exacerbated the need to improve access to crisis intervention services. It will also allow for more cost-effective early intervention strategies to reduce health care spending. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. million calls in 2020 (Bjaworski, 2021). Prepared by.

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The Next Generation of Parenting Interventions: The role of Mindfulness and Compassion

Society of Clinical Psychology

The rationale for the inclusion of mindfulness to enhance the impact of traditional behavioral family interventions is that it could increase psychological flexibility and reduce the influence of negative thoughts and feelings a parent may have about a child’s behavior (Brown, Whittingham, Boyd, McKinlay, & Sofronoff, 2014). Compassion.

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Easing Mental Health Technologies into Practice: Considerations for a Smooth Transition

Society of Clinical Psychology

First, there is increasing evidence for the success of technology-enhanced interventions (Gros et al., This five-stage top down model aims to: Optimize technology for adoption. Use iterative design and development processes to account for different adoption setting needs. Improve Regulations and Guidelines.

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Transforming Compliance: From Burden to Competitive Advantage

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By analyzing patterns, trends, and outliers in the data, you can identify potential areas of noncompliance and implement targeted interventions to address them. By integrating compliance management with clinical workflows, you can ensure that regulatory requirements are seamlessly incorporated into daily operations.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Authors review data that demonstrate the evolution of labels and argue that adopting these terms in practice and research will have fruitful and affirming effects on access to care, treatment attrition, and the design and quality of research in and for the LGBTQ+ community.