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Economic benefits of ADIE treatment for autistic people with anxiety

MQ Mental Health

Thousands of people could potentially benefit from a new treatment to an anxiety disorder which affects 18% of autistic people, were it rolled out across the UK. The economic benefits of ADIE, a treatment for autistic people who have Generalised Anxiety Disorder, could be valued as high as £125-£170 million nationally.

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What Is and Is Not a Psychological Treatment?

Society of Clinical Psychology

The Society of Clinical Psychology maintains a list of empirically supported treatments (ESTs), using a set of requirements colloquially referred to as the “Tolin criteria” (Tolin et al., To address this thorny issue, the Society of Clinical Psychology assembled a task force charged with defining what psychological treatments are and are not.

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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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Altering the understanding of Alters: Dissociative Identity Disorder

MQ Mental Health

Unlike The Hulk’s Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Iron Man’s PTSD , Moon Knight brought childhood trauma and a much misunderstood mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder into the spotlight. There are many types of dissociative disorder, DID being just one. There were pros and cons to this effort.

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., Thus, providing effective preventive care and clinical interventions to individuals who are struggling with PTSD symptoms is imperative.

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A Framework to Test Emotion Regulation in the Lab and the Clinic

Society of Clinical Psychology

generalized anxiety) and (b) to test whether targeting reductions in maladaptive strategies is more efficacious than teaching new adaptive strategies. 2018) reported more intense disgust, depressive symptoms, and borderline personality disorder features. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. worry) with outcomes (e.g.,

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

Society of Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. 2015), although exposure use in community clinics remains low (Whiteside, Deacon, Benito, & Stewart, 2016).

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