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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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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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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

a licensed clinical psychologist and advocate for Asian American mental health in the state of New York. in psychology at New York University , as well as her Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology at Hofstra University. I started as a research assistant as an undergrad, in a very different area of psychology.

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., 2009; Cahill et al., 2003; Carpender et al.,

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

The prevalence of depression is not remarkably lower in other parts of the world and these prevalence rates are known to be underestimates because they are obtained from retrospective interviews which are subject to recall bias (i.e., Although CBTs are effective, many individuals remain symptomatic after treatment. CBT) than others.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. What does it look like in clinical practice? So, what are the take-home points for weaving cultural strengths in clinical practice? 2014) and/or interviews (e.g., 2014) and/or interviews (e.g.,

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Can You Change Your Personality Traits?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Instead of pursuing our own intervention research, we decided, quite naively, to first look over the shoulder of our colleagues in clinical psychology. We even found a handful of studies that were “non-clinical” interventions, which played a significant role in understanding our results. What did we find? the Dodo Bird Verdict).