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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? Nothing worked until — after two psychiatric hospitalizations — they finally found a combination of five meds that stabilized me (and virtually knocked me senseless!).

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

This question has been quite difficult to answer, as patients who drop out of treatments are logically rarely available to be interviewed as to why they stopped coming. Dropouts and terminators from a community mental health center: Their use of other psychiatric services. Psychiatric Quarterly, 51 (4), 271–279. Carpenter, P.

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Finding and Choosing a Therapist for Yourself or Your Child

Parenthood Understood

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). A psychiatric nurse practitioner has a Master’s degree in nursing, and might offer therapy and/or medication management. Interview potential therapists! Once you have found a few potential therapists, it’s time for a pre-interview. Psychiatrist (MD, DO).

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Genogram in Social Work: Worth a Thousand Words?

Social Work Haven

When using genograms in social work practice, the following best practices are recommended: Consult with family members as they have details of significant events. Ensure your interviews are person centred to help you create a genogram client-centred diagram. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. Starkey P.J. Available from [link].

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Guest blog author Dr. Torrey Creed discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology focused on implementing trans diagnostic cognitive therapy in diverse community settings with the Beck Community Initiative. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Hofmann et al., Creed, T.A.,

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Part 2: Orientation I’d been in a psychiatric hospital before, almost a year ago to the day. Who wanted a social media and marketing consultant who’d spent time in a mental hospital?

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

for example, 20% of individuals recall meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) at some point in their lives (Hasin et al., References American Psychiatric Association. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.