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Compassion-Focused Therapy Strongly Improves Mental Health Outcomes: A Series of Meta-Analyses

Society of Clinical Psychology

Remarkably, CFT has found application in treating various mental health difficulties, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But it doesn’t stop there; CFT has also ventured beyond clinical settings to promote mental well-being in the general public. Advance online publication.

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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013. Professor Petra Vértes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.

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Anxious intrusive thoughts and how to manage them

Lawson Psychology

This blog has been written in support of International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week. We discuss what anxious intrusive thoughts are, why we have them, how intrusive thoughts become ‘stuck’ in OCD, and strategies that can help us manage intrusive thoughts. What are intrusive thoughts?

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Anxiety In Elderly: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Ways To Manage 2023

Blurt It Out

It is estimated that the rate of anxiety disorders in older adults is as high as 20.8% , [1] a number that closely mirrors the rates seen in all adults. How Do You Treat Anxiety Disorders In Older Adults? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been updated to its fifth edition (referred to as DSM-5).

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Tricky, sticky habits: what are body-focused repetitive behaviours?

Lawson Psychology

But you might not realise that these sayings can be traced back to compulsive hair-pulling disorder and other body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs). BFRBs occur on a spectrum, and most people find they can stop before the behaviours reach a problematic level that may be considered a disorder. When do BFRBs become a problem?

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What is metacognition and what does it have to do with worry and rumination?

Lawson Psychology

While worry is most closely related to anxiety, and rumination to depression, both thinking styles are common part of a wide range of mental-health related problems, including OCD, eating and body image disorders, health anxiety, and even chronic pain. appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology. What is metacognition?

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Members in the News – August 4, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Maria Baratta is a member of NASW-NYS: Vacation Eating 101 Psychology Today Vacation is usually a time away from the everyday grind, and with that comes eating in ways not consistent with how you eat at home. FitzPatrick, a licensed and certified clinical social worker who has 30+ years in caregiving from Kent Island, Maryland.

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