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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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How can I help my child with anxiety?

Lawson Psychology

How can I help my child with anxiety? Sometimes this reassurance is sought out by our children as a means to take away our children’s anxieties and fears. This reassurance seeking can be triggered by a child experiencing anxiety. How can anxiety look in children? How can anxiety look in children?

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What is Schema Therapy? An overview and what to expect

Lawson Psychology

An overview and what to expect In the realm of psychological interventions, Schema Therapy has as a reputation as a holistic approach that addresses deep-seated emotional patterns and entrenched belief systems. What on earth is a schema?

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Understanding which mental health professional is right for you

Lawson Psychology

Psychiatrists can evaluate, diagnose, and treat mental health disorders and are regulated and accredited under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Psychologists A psychologist is an individual who specialises in the study of behaviour and the mind, including treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders.

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Social work leaders must take action to embed anti-racist practice, conference told

Community Care

Now, we can say that it is not psychologically safe.” The impact of racial trauma includes anxiety, depression, avoidant behaviour, difficulty concentrating, feelings of humiliation and hypervigilance. How diverse are your recruitment panels and conferences? But the murder of George Floyd helped us to name it.

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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., 2013), psychological problems (e.g., 2015; Kilpatrick et al., difficulties in interpersonal relationships; Riggs et al., depression; Jacobson et al.,

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Can running improve my mental health?

Lawson Psychology

Running has been shown to improve mood, and reduce stress and anxiety symptoms both alone, and in combination with psychological treatments for mood disorders. Lawson Clinical Psychology celebrates the extraordinary diversity of people’s bodies, ability, genders, sexualities and relationships that they represent.