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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. Barkham, M.,

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

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. student at Western University. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 158 , 157–164.

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

All over the world, people held in our jails and prisons experience far greater levels of mental illness than the general population including PTSD, major depression, psychotic illness and personality disorder (Fazel & Seewald, 2012, Goff et al., This SCP blog by Karen Slade, Psy.D. 2007; Butler et al., Author Bio. doi: 10.1002/cbm.653.

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Overall, early basic research supports the notion that assertiveness is inversely correlated with both specific clinical problems, such as depression, anxiety, and comorbid diagnoses resulting in serious mental illness, as well as with clinically important transdiagnostic variables, such as self-esteem, and relationship satisfaction.

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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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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Building capacity for EBPs in CBH allows people receiving services at these sites to gain access to highly effective forms of treatment, which otherwise may primarily be available to those with expensive private insurance or to those who receive university-centered treatment. Creed, Ph.D. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(6), 663–673.

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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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