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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

a licensed clinical psychologist and advocate for Asian American mental health in the state of New York. in clinical and school psychology at Hofstra University. Following the acquisition of her doctoral degree, Dr. Chang dedicated herself to the pursuit of research, clinical work, and training. Dr. Chang earned her B.A.

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American Dreams: What’s It Like To Be An MQ Research Fellow In The USA?

MQ Mental Health

Indeed, clinical trials conducted by our group showed some degree of benefit, but well below the level needed to substantially improve outcomes. Given known areas of overlap in risk for autism and schizophrenia, I wondered whether periconceptional folic acid might also confer protection against schizophrenia risk.

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CY 2022 Medicare Quality Payment Program for Clinical Social Workers: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

Beginning January 1, 2022, clinical social workers (CSWs) will become eligible to participate in Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). Dementia Associated Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms Screening and Management. Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications for Individuals with Schizophrenia. Clinical Manager.

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The long awaited second edition Psychopharmacology: A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications by Herbert Mwebe

The Critical Blog

Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various clinical settings. The arbiter of whether these medications are useful or not is the person taking the medication.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis. Psychosis involves the most anosognosia.

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just published

Clinical Philosophy

The 8 chapters of section five look holistically at the different life worlds of persons with different conditions (schizophrenia, mood disorders, hysteria, BPD, addictions, autism, eating disorders). Section six entitled ‘Clinical Psychopathology’ contains 9 essays on different aspects of (mainly) psychotic experience.

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diagnostic function

Clinical Philosophy

And then later, in one of her first clinical psychology lessons, she learns about the 'paranoid schizophrenia' diagnosis: "Oh my God", she thinks, "that's my dad! Thus Shaw eagerly takes up Al-Khalili's suggestion that the illumination came because "nobody had labelled" his paranoid behaviour 'schizophrenia' before.)