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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Given that our clinic is a doctoral training clinic, the finding that racial match may impact outcomes emphasizes a need to recruit and support diverse cohorts of graduate students in clinical psychology PhD programs. Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 578–584. M., & Druss, B.

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MQ expands its Science Council

MQ Mental Health

We are delighted that three new members of the science council have been appointed to help widen the council's areas of expertise and diversity. Additionally, they are a published author having co-written the book How to Talk with Families About Genetics and Psychiatric Illness. Lea Milligan, CEO MQ Mental Health Research .

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5 Reasons Children Bully and How Parents Can Help

KVC

Bullying is a top concern among parents of school-age children. According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, one out of five children reported being bullied during the school year. Bullying Led My Daughter to Depression & Psychiatric Hospitalization: How She Achieved Mental Health Wellness [VIDEO]. Words can hurt.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Consider the following case example: a 12-year-old Hispanic girl, Rosa, presents to cognitive behavioral treatment for anxiety problems. Rosa specifically reports significant worries about her Spanish accent in her predominately English-speaking school (e.g., “my American Psychiatric Association. References Cited. Bohnert, K.

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What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist

Lawson Psychology

your childhood and teenage years), your relationship history, previous history of psychiatric help, whether you have had any major illnesses or accidents, and current medications. Lawson Clinical Psychology celebrates the extraordinary diversity of people’s bodies, ability, genders, sexualities and relationships that they represent.

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Being a Black Clinician During Dual Pandemics: A Trainee Perspective

Society of Clinical Psychology

Negative mental health implications of living throughout the COVID-19 pandemic include higher susceptibility for triggered states of depression, anxiety, and panic attacks among those with a history of mental illness (Tsamakis et al., 2020), along with isolation, loneliness, anxiety, and potential grief from losing a loved one (Choi et al.,

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Values-based practice - Using the book, He Died Waiting, as a learning tool

Learning Social Worker

avoid making assumptions and recognise diversity and individual choice) and 20.7 Instead, my attitudes reflected the prevailing social construction of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. I also read many of my mother’s text books, such as Erving Goffman’s Asylums [2] , when I was still at school. Did I over-do the warnings?