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Researcher Leads Study on Long COVID’s Effects on Mental Health and More

University of Connecticut

The term “long COVID” describes a clinical set of post-COVID symptoms that may include fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive dysfunction, among other effects. Rachel Tambling, professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at UConn, is co-principal investigator. Read more about Carolan’s work.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

2019), only a minority of youth with these difficulties receive interventions with strong research support (McCart & Sheidow, 2016). Despite DBT’s focus on changing thoughts and behaviors that precede and relate to interpersonal conflict, externalizing problems are rarely examined as a primary aim in DBT-based intervention studies.

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Training therapists in evidence-based mental health interventions: What works and what holds promise for the future?

Society of Clinical Psychology

“Jenna” was an adolescent who presented for treatment at a specialty clinic after having been in therapy for several years. By the time she presented to the specialty clinic, she had seen a number of therapists and had little hope for improvement, stating that “nothing worked before.” These early reviews concluded that self-study (e.g.,

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

For this first time, we have brought together a multidisciplinary global team of academic, policy, clinical, and lived and living experience experts with the specific aim of understanding the driving forces behind these deaths together with what needs to be done to tackle this public health crisis."

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The Statement On the Earthquake in Turkiye and Syria

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The grief they endure as they realise that the world that they have known has gone forever is deep and may require long-term psychosocial support. Submitted by Lena Dominelli, Chair of the Disaster Interventions, Climate Change and Sustainability Committee International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) 9 Feb 2023

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Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Promoting mechanisms-focused science to transform how clinical scientists address the substantial effect of behaviors on a wide range of health and disease outcomes is a central goal for the NIH Science of Behavior Change Common Fund (Nielsen et al., The interventions additionally needed to be brief: six sessions or less.

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

This SCP Blog post by Brittany Speed, Brandon Goldstein, and Dr. Marvin Goldfried discuss their recent publication in CP:SP addressing the role of assertiveness training in clinical psychology. During the 1970s and 1980s, assertiveness training occupied a prominent role within clinical behavior therapy. aggressive).