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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., in an early session of psychotherapy.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd Uprising, and the Stop Asian Hate movement, ethnically and racially marginalized individuals in the United States need access to quality mental health care now more than ever. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019).

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The Promise of Data Informed Patient-Therapist Matching: Context Matters

Society of Clinical Psychology

It may come as no surprise to patients and therapists to hear that the therapist matters when it comes to the quality of psychotherapy. Findings from psychotherapy outcome research have “caught up” to anecdote and patient and therapist intuition. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90, 61-74. Target Article.

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(CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Key Provisions Impacting Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

We also support the removal of geographic restrictions and the proposal to allow beneficiaries’ homes as an originating site for telehealth services for the purpose of diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of mental health disorders. By definition, a mental health crisis is urgent, and help is required as soon as possible.

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2022 International Women’s Day

MQ Mental Health

The MQ Fellows awards invests in early career researchers, giving them the support and funding they need to expand on their research and develop their careers within mental health science. This is open to both men and women around the world whose work aims to address the mortality gap for people with serious mental illnesses.

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What can we learn from cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Challenges with mental health occur worldwide. However, the psychotherapies that treat these concerns have been mainly developed by and for people who are White and live in Western countries. Because of this, many efforts have been made adapt psychotherapy to the cultures of people of color and cross-cultural clients.

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Q&A: Technology Use in Mental Health Practice and Research

Society of Clinical Psychology

Samuel Lustgarten on a recent article in Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice : “ Technology use in mental health practice and research: Legal and ethical risks ” (Lustgarten & Elhai, 2018). Has insurance billing fully caught up with these technological options in providing psychotherapy?