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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

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

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correspondents with a new article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology titled, “Outcomes of Psychological Therapies for Prisoners with Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nevertheless, there is evidence that psychological treatments can run well in prisons. 2007; Butler et al.,

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

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Kaitlyn Poster, PhD conducted research on the assessment of treatment integrity and its associations with psychotherapy outcome, mechanisms of change, and dropout during her doctorate at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Trier, Germany. Journal of clinical psychology , 63 (6), 585-592.

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

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There is also some evidence that higher cognitive flexibility may have an indirect protective effect on SITB via buffering effects of stress and psychological pain. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Chung (M.Sc) is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Annual Review of Psychology , 64 , 135–168. Target Article Chung, J.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. Prevalence and development of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence. Considering CBT with anxious youth?

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

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Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Then, we recommend thoughtfully incorporating cultural identity into the case conceptualization and treatment process (for specific recommendations for family-based CBT, see Sanchez et al., American Psychiatric Association.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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A nervous breakdown, also called mental breakdown, refers to the inability to perform functions of daily life due to intense psychological distress. Symptoms of a Nervous Breakdown Various physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms are present when someone is dealing with a breakdown.