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Racial Equity in Psychiatry and Mental Health - Jessica Isom, MD, MPH

Doin' The Work

Jessica Isom, a board-certified community psychiatrist, who practices clinically in the federally qualified health center Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She also shares her thoughts on Black healing and joy. I hope this conversation inspires you to action. drjessisommdmph (Twitter/IG/Clubhouse) [link].

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Mental wellbeing can, and should, be assessed in clinical samples

Society of Clinical Psychology

Before you continue reading this blog, take a moment and reflect for one moment: what do you, as a clinical psychologist, use as a criterion for recovery or therapy success? What would it mean for clinical psychology if we maintained an intentional focus on both treating mental illness and promoting mental wellbeing?

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What are the latest developments in research into depression?

MQ Mental Health

Michael Browning , Professor of Computational Psychiatry at Oxford University talked about his research into the mechanisms and treatment for depression, and his work running a clinic for people with depression that is difficult to treat.

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Effects of Social and Clinical Characteristics on Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma: A Narrative Review for Clinicians Talking with Patients and Families

Society of Clinical Psychology

The answers to these questions are clinically useful as they can aid in interpreting patient reported problems and guide clinical conversations that can improve wellbeing. Each can lead to distinct experiences of stigma and require its own clinical conversation. 2001; Link et al., Stites et al.,

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

Bipolar Bandit

What inspired you to write the book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry , that got published in October of 2018? . I increasingly realized that there is no opportunity to influence legislators to change the system in the clinical setting.

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Loneliness and psychosis in clinical practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

In practice, clinical psychologists typically focus on diagnosing and treating specific mental health conditions. 1980) may be administered during clinical intake to inform treatment planning. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Accepted April, 2020. An abbreviated UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS-8; Hawkley et al.,

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Roadmap toward a neuromodulatory treatment for PTSD and anxiety

Society of Clinical Psychology

2019) symptoms, there is currently not sufficient clinical trial data to support widespread adoption of these protocols. This evidence is typically the product of a yearslong series of increasingly large and well-controlled clinical trials that build upon the existing preclinical work identifying the mechanism of action.

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