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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

in psychology at New York University , as well as her Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology at Hofstra University. Chang holds a position as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine , as well as a role as an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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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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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

This question has been quite difficult to answer, as patients who drop out of treatments are logically rarely available to be interviewed as to why they stopped coming. Björn Bennemann, MSc is a fourth year PhD Student at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Trier, Germany. 2009; Cahill et al.,

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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. 2014) and/or interviews (e.g., Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al., 2014) and/or interviews (e.g., First, assessment is key.

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Molly vs. Ecstasy: What’s the Difference?

Gateway Foundation

People can experience negative physical and psychological symptoms from drug use yet continue using the substance, indicating dependency or addiction. Some people have also reported cravings for MDMA and withdrawal symptoms. Therapy can help you analyze your thoughts and behaviors while getting to the root cause of your addiction.