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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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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).

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Consistent with previous work highlighting the importance of adopting a strengths-based framework for minority mental health (e.g., What does it look like in clinical practice? Gaylord-Harden et al., Anderson et al.,

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

This SCP Blog post by Brittany Speed, Brandon Goldstein, and Dr. Marvin Goldfried discuss their recent publication in CP:SP addressing the role of assertiveness training in clinical psychology. During the 1970s and 1980s, assertiveness training occupied a prominent role within clinical behavior therapy. aggressive).

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Wearable devices as adjuncts in treating anxiety: Weighing up the benefits and risks

Society of Clinical Psychology

Most of these monitor specific physiological signals thought to interact with psychological phenomena (such as breathing or skin conductance). The second part of our review considered the clinical implications of using wearable devices as therapeutic adjuncts. 2018) can be readily adapted for assessing wearables.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

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Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A trauma-informed approach to birth trauma To help your clients cope with and overcome the effects of birth trauma, it’s important that your organization adopt a trauma-informed approach to care.

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