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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? Do you mainly focus on recovery from symptoms? To increase the ability to treat distress and dysfunction.

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Your Healthy Outlook Can Promote Resilience and Recovery in Older Adults

Relias

The formal service system requires the identification and documentation of clinically defined symptoms and problems. The ways in which you engage older adults throughout the process to build resilience should include a focus on recovery, hope, and well-being. Resilience is the ability to adapt and recover from adversity or difficulty.

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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. As a consequence, the social needs and priorities of clients have often been down-played or treated as secondary considerations.

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Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

Community Care

Meanwhile, the trust said it had suspended a number of staff pending investigation and commissioned an independent clinical review of the service, which experts interviewed for Panorama said had a “toxic culture” What did Panorama find?

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Economic benefits of ADIE treatment for autistic people with anxiety

MQ Mental Health

In the report, PBE calculated that making ADIE available to all autistic people suffering from General Anxiety Disorder in the UK could lead to at least a temporary recovery for almost 6,000 people. ADIE treatment has been shown to improve recovery from General Anxiety Disorder in clinical trials.

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10 Facts About Eating Disorders

MQ Mental Health

Orthorexia , an eating disorder where a person focuses on eating only healthy or “pure” food, is not currently a clinically recognised eating disorder, but this disorder can be serious. Recovery is possible. Many can and do make full, ongoing recoveries. All eating disorders are treatable.

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SUPRs — Illinois’s State-Funded Program for First-Time Rehab Clients

Gateway Foundation

The Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) division of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides funds for qualified treatment and recovery support centers. This approach allows staff to assess your needs and provide the medical and professional care that best supports your lifelong recovery.