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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., As such, intervening on memory-related processes has been a key focus when treating PTSD. 2015; Kilpatrick et al., Bomyea et al., 2016; van Marle, 2015).

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

For adults with mental illness, recovery can be improved by positive risk-taking and there is some argument for psychotherapy to lean more towards developing authenticity, competence and autonomy or self-belief. Clinical terminology isn’t easy for adults to use correctly, let alone younger age groups.

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How do we know when posttraumatic stress disorder is getting better?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a great deal of mental and physical distress, and can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Studies that report on the effectiveness of PTSD treatment are difficult to compare, because there are differences in terms of what is considered to be a response to treatment (i.e.

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How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits

Stop Abuse Campaign

“Therapy” is often used interchangeably with the terms “counseling” and “psychotherapy.” Counseling and psychotherapy are used with virtually all types of mental illness including: . Counseling and psychotherapy are used with virtually all types of mental illness including: . Trauma or abuse history or PTSD. Depression.

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Altering the understanding of Alters: Dissociative Identity Disorder

MQ Mental Health

Unlike The Hulk’s Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Iron Man’s PTSD , Moon Knight brought childhood trauma and a much misunderstood mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder into the spotlight. According to The British Journal of Psychiatry there is even neurobiological evidence that DID is a severe form of PTSD.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

For adults with mental illness, recovery can be improved by positive risk-taking and there is some argument for psychotherapy to lean more towards developing authenticity, competence and autonomy or self-belief. Clinical terminology isn’t easy for adults to use correctly, let alone younger age groups.

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News Items – December 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

. “I have seen tremendous suffering because of this,” said Annette Ferrigno, a licensed clinical social worker and Scotch Plains mom, who has been providing services to families for over 20 years. Ferrigno founded Mindfully Aware with the help of fellow clinical social worker and Cranford mom, Jenn Carroll. The Daily Times.

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