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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

Maternal mental health is the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of women during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. It affects not only the mother, but also their children, their families, and their communities. A new mom attends a postpartum appointment with her healthcare provider.

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Microaggressions towards LGBT individuals: what about clinical practice?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Microaggressions have been described as “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative insults to the target person or group” (Torino et al., Journal of Clinical Psychology. American Psychological Association.

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Empathy in Computer-Mediated Interactions

Society of Clinical Psychology

2008), but little research has been conducted to determine whether computer-mediated communication (CMC) could impact crucial relational aspects of psychotherapy such as empathy (Terry & Cain, 2016). Our conceptual framework argues that CMC filters out important communicational signals, most notably nonverbal cues.

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Clinical Philosophy

I don't know about you, but the reason I often make notes after psychotherapy sessions is because I need aides-memoires. I've about 18 patients - in my private psychotherapy practice - at any one time; most of them attend just once a week. And what if that's not your reason?! I can report that. this just makes little sense.

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Dissemination before evidence? What are the driving forces behind the dissemination of mindfulness-based interventions?

Society of Clinical Psychology

We contend that, in addition to empirical arguments, a complex mixture of historical, social and psychological factors has fueled the acceptance of MBIs in the healthcare systems of Western societies. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Developments in Buddhism. Role of spirituality in MBIs. Michalak, J. &

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Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

Society of Clinical Psychology

by Kate MacDuffie and Tim Strauman about their newly published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Our proposed model awaits testing in further research, but establishes a starting point for interventions that aim to change beliefs about the biology of psychological disorders. Reference Article. Discussion Questions.

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Why Reporting Harms Matters

Society of Clinical Psychology

Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly important in healthcare. It also includes an example from the American Psychological Association’s (APA) clinical practice guideline development. This is unfortunate given the good quality research on psychotherapy efficacy. What is the public health significance of this article?