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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? Do you mainly focus on recovery from symptoms? However, the concepts of recovery and mental health have been changing over time (Bohlmeijer & Westerhof, 2021).

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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! Enter: the APA’s “Tolin Criteria.”

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Costume, Cosplay and Dressing Up: Fashion and Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

So, with Juliette Burton's personal story backed up by research, let’s strip away the layers of misconceptions and adorn ourselves in the facts behind the various facades we can all adopt. Clothing and Psychology The power of costume is apparent in all of our lives. Ever since I was a little girl, I've always loved dressing up.

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Coping through Christmas with an eating disorder

Lawson Psychology

That meal counts in your recovery, other people can just get over it if you need to excuse yourself for 30 minutes. You never know, it could be the battle royale that the family then adopt as a new tradition and they’ll be thankful you started it! Copyright © 2023 Lawson Clinical Psychology. It’s OK to take someone with you.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Using the findings from the review, we have proposed a set of definitions we think represents a sound way forward and hope might be adopted in order to standardize what it means for someone to get better: Construct. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11 (2), 207-215. Definition. Treatment response.

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Alumni Honored with SSW Distinguished Alumni Awards

Michigan Social Work

His efforts led to the adoption of protection of farm workers from excessive heat and overtime pay. Sagi-Schwartz earned his BA in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and at U-M received his MSW, an MA in psychology and a PhD in the Joint Program in Social Work and Social Science (developmental psychology).

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Supporting yourself or a loved one through Christmas when there is an eating disorder in the midst

Lawson Psychology

That meal counts in your recovery, other people can just get over it if you need to excuse yourself for 30 minutes. You never know, it could be the battle royale that the family then adopt as a new tradition and they’ll be thankful you started it! Eating alone: sometimes better, but also sometimes riskier. All Rights Reserved.