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Behavioral interventions in community settings for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Early behavioral interventions (BI) such as applied behavior analysis (ABA) and early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) are the main established therapeutic interventions for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). is a professor of clinical child psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Iceland.

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Investigating the transdiagnostic nature of rumination across depressive, anxiety and eating disorders: A meta-analysis.

Society of Clinical Psychology

Investigating transdiagnostic factors across mental disorders is of high importance as transdiagnostic factors can be targeted for both diagnosis and treatment in a diagnostically mixed sample. As depression, anxiety and eating disorders are highly comorbid illnesses that share a multitude of risk factors (McGrath et al., Rickerby, N.,

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How to Talk With Patients About Substance Use Disorder

Gateway Foundation

When a patient with substance use disorder (SUD) visits, it’s essential to talk to them in a way that shows sensitivity and empathy while avoiding stigmatizing language. Use People-First Language Patient communication in substance use disorders starts with people-first language.

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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., 2013), psychological problems (e.g., In Session 5, the therapist additionally reviews psychological symptoms and treatment progress. 2022; 2018).

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Getting through the Winter with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

Blurt It Out

We know that our thoughts are there, and we know that if we could just grab them and read them, then we could communicate far more effectively, and tell you how we are. This can happen in a physical and psychological sense. Psychologically, we stop connecting with our thoughts and feelings. It’s so frustrating.

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Mental Illness: What’s Data Science Got To Do With It?

MQ Mental Health

This in turn holds the potential to improve diagnosis, treatment and, ultimately, psychological wellbeing. One way of respecting the needs of these people with lived experience is to include them in research - from design and data collection to the analysis of results and their communication.

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What is assertiveness and why is it important?

Lawson Psychology

We can think of communication styles as being on a continuum. At one end is passive communication where someone might be overly mindful of others’ needs, but struggle to confidently voice their own. In contrast, at another end is aggressive communication. Copyright © 2023 Lawson Clinical Psychology. What is assertiveness?