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Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Effective as a Standalone Treatment for Substance Use Disorders? An Evaluation Using the Tolin Criteria

Society of Clinical Psychology

How do we know if psychological treatments are effective? we must first answer the following: “How do we delineate effectiveness from non-effectiveness in evaluating psychological treatments?” In other words, how do we know if a given psychosocial treatment is effective for a given mental disorder?

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Rafaella earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the Tulane University Honors Program in 2016 before matriculating at Temple, where she completed her Master’s degree in 2018. Target Article Jakubovic, R.

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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., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Edmondson, D., & Otto, M.

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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.” Clinical Psychology : Science and Practice.

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Diversity Spotlight: Sannisha K. Dale, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dale , a dual licensed clinical psychologist (MA/FL) and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Dr. Dale earned her Master’s degree in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2005, and completed her Ph.D. Sannisha K.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Emotional, physical or psychological abuse has hugely detrimental effects on mental health, particularly at formative years of childhood as it may lead to development of cPTSD. Clinical terminology isn’t easy for adults to use correctly, let alone younger age groups. It is human nature to learn from each other.

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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).