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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one method that can help kids and teens in your community in need of mental health care get the attention they deserve. What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)? CBT is generally short-term and goal-oriented, focusing on helping clients deal with specific problems.

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Technology and the future of cognitive-behavioral interventions

Society of Clinical Psychology

Our field has accumulated a lot of empirical support for the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating a wide range of mental and behavioral health problems. That said, I-CBT is already becoming antiquated as the ubiquity and convenience of smartphones take hold. Smartphones are now owned by 81% of adults in the U.S.,

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Depressive disorders specifically account for a considerable amount of that disability, partly due to their high prevalence (Patel et al., Other prospective epidemiological studies show high rates of depression and other forms of internalizing distress when assessed over the life course (Lorenzo-Luaces, 2015). 2021; Cuijpers et al.,

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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., Psychiatric Quarterly, 51 (4), 271–279. Bennemann, B.,

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. In a wider context, the term also means the inability to cope with life’s challenges.

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcomes in Anxiety: We’re Halfway There

Society of Clinical Psychology

Levy, Springer, and Tolin discuss a recent meta-analytic review of remission in CBT for anxiety disorders published in Clinical Psychology Review. . The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is well established, at least in terms of pre- to post-treatment reductions in anxiety severity.

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., Although studies varied to some extent in terms of their findings, cognitive flexibility did not appear to be consistently or strongly associated with a history of SITB when researchers accounted for other mental health problems like depression.