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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., in an early session of psychotherapy.

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Comparing psychotherapies for gay and bisexual men’s mental health

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychological science has advanced knowledge on sexual minority (e.g., Based on this knowledge, our team at Yale created an identity-affirming psychotherapy to reduce the cognitive, affective, and behavioral mechanisms through which stigma erodes sexual minority men’s mental health. Psychological distress. Depression symptoms.

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., 2018), and psychological makeup. 76, Issue 1. 2010; Wells & Horwood, 2004).

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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. What does it look like in clinical practice? So, what are the take-home points for weaving cultural strengths in clinical practice? 2014) and/or interviews (e.g., First, assessment is key. About the Authors.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

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Douglas Samuel from Purdue University discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. . It is well-established that the approaches to diagnosis differ substantially between clinical practice and research settings. semi-structured interview or self-report questionnaire) was only.23 23 (Samuel, 2015).

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Keeping Culture in Mind: Mentalizing from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Mentalizing is the psychological capacity to reflect and understand behavior in terms of internal mental states, such as thoughts, feelings, and intentions (Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, & Target, 2002). We conclude our article by addressing several points of interest on a theoretical, empirical, and clinical level.

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Can You Change Your Personality Traits?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Instead of pursuing our own intervention research, we decided, quite naively, to first look over the shoulder of our colleagues in clinical psychology. We even found a handful of studies that were “non-clinical” interventions, which played a significant role in understanding our results. What did we find? the Dodo Bird Verdict).