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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.”

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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., Thus, providing effective preventive care and clinical interventions to individuals who are struggling with PTSD symptoms is imperative. 2022; 2018).

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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

During that time, she had been having several panic attacks per day and met criteria for multiple anxiety disorders. However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety. Unfortunately, people like Jenna are not as uncommon as we would hope.

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When Someone You Love has Anxiety…

Gary Direnfeld

To support someone, it is more about being present than trying to rationally talk them out of this disorder. The reason is, their anxiety attaches to the thought of these interventions and they talk themselves out of them. The person with this level of anxiety needs professional help and would likely benefit from medication.

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Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., Our systematic review assessed high quality evidence for current interventions designed to augment first-line PTSD treatments (Metcalf et al., Hoffmann et al.,

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Using Augmented Reality for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Society of Clinical Psychology

When a patient is undergoing treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD), one of the greatest risks for relapse is encountering the drug itself, or, something that reminds the patient of using the drug (i.e., We are optimistic that AR can produce similar results for improving cue exposure treatment for substance use disorders.

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The Relationship between Gender Affirming Medical Interventions and Social Anxiety Among Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Individuals

Society of Clinical Psychology

Gender affirming medical interventions (GAMI) are interventions that some, but not all, transgender or gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals seek in order to bring their primary and secondary sex characteristics in line with their own affirmed gender. In our study, we examined how social anxiety relates to the utilization of GAMIs.