Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD impacts millions of people in the United States. According to the National Center for PTSD, a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about seven or eight of every 100 people will experience PTSD in their lifetime.”

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 9, 2023

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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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 10, 2020

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., Augmentation of PTSD treatments is particularly appealing to both clinicians and trauma survivors for several reasons. Combine two standard PTSD treatments.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2023

Given the success of these treatments and the high comorbidity between depression and anxiety, researchers have begun to extend the use cases of these protocols to individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Kozel et al., 2018) and PTSD (Philip et al., 2018) and anxiety (Diefenbach, Bragdon, et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Within clinical psychology, in particular, there has been a preoccupation on developing efficacious interventions, with almost no historical focus on the methods or mechanisms for how to implement treatments and promote their uptake (Karlin, in press). Training included participation in a 2.5-day

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 4, 2016

About two decades ago, psychologists who develop and study psychotherapy interventions began to recognize that publications on the efficacy of new psychotherapies were not sufficient to change practice. Are they able to make it to session weekly, and willing or able to engage in the interventions that comprise the EBPT?

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

I currently work part-time for a somatic therapy clinic which has afforded me the opportunity to learn about this niche specialty, piquing my interest in the power of mindfulness specifically around the treatment of PTSD. UConn has been providing me with the tools necessary to engage people and to meet them where they are.

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