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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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Call for Papers: Adoption Quarterly Special Issue

Jaeran Kim

I’m guest editing a special issue of Adoption Quarterly with Bibiana Koh. Special Issue of Adoption Quarterly: Ethics and Adoption. . Adoption Quarterly invites abstract submissions for consideration in a special issue critically examining the intersection of ethics and adoption. adoption. .

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The Significance of LGB-Affirmative Training and Supervision in Improving Clinical Outcomes of LGB Clients

Society of Clinical Psychology

LGB individuals are “disproportionately exposed to victimization, discrimination, and peer and parental rejection against a societal backdrop of unequal access to the same opportunities afforded to heterosexual individuals, such as marriage, adoption, and employment nondiscrimination” (Panchankis, 2011). American Psychological Association.

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Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Effective as a Standalone Treatment for Substance Use Disorders? An Evaluation Using the Tolin Criteria

Society of Clinical Psychology

How do we know if psychological treatments are effective? we must first answer the following: “How do we delineate effectiveness from non-effectiveness in evaluating psychological treatments?” Luckily, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association (APA) has an answer for us! candidate at the University of New Mexico.

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Keeping Culture in Mind: Mentalizing from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Society of Clinical Psychology

Mentalizing is the psychological capacity to reflect and understand behavior in terms of internal mental states, such as thoughts, feelings, and intentions (Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, & Target, 2002). We conclude our article by addressing several points of interest on a theoretical, empirical, and clinical level.

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Use of Universal Screening Scores to Predict Distal Academic and Behavioral Outcomes Among School-Aged youth

Society of Clinical Psychology

Katie Eklund discusses the use of universal screening scores to predict distal academic and behavioral outcomes among school-aged youth. academic skill curriculum-based measurement scores) to increase the likelihood of universal screener adoption. Psychological Assessment. Lane, Carter, Pierson, & Glaeser, 2006).

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Poverty Simulations in Social Work Education

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

As many of you may already know, simulations are increasingly being incorporated into social work education in various ways (online, in-person, virtual or augmented reality, large-scale, standardized patient, OSCE (Objective structured clinical exams), formative assessment, etc.). Clinical Simulation in Nursin g, (52), 9-16.