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MQ expands its Science Council

MQ Mental Health

Professor Jehannine Austin from the University of British Columbia in Canada is a psychiatrist whose research work involved studying the impact of genetic counselling for people with psychiatric disorders and their families. Lea Milligan, CEO MQ Mental Health Research .

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Rosa specifically reports significant worries about her Spanish accent in her predominately English-speaking school (e.g., “my Rosa responds and shares “it helps me talk to my grandparents and classmates at school.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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News Items – July 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

The first time she left her community was to attend an elementary school. Psychology Today. Chante Meadows – owner and clinical director of Meadows Counseling Group – talks about the link between various traumas in someone’s life and a potential mental illness or substance use. It did not go well for her.

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Prioritizing Mental Health on College Campuses

Society of Clinical Psychology

In our recently published study in Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Auerbach et al., 2018), higher rates of school attrition (Auerbach et al., is the McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the WHO, World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. Kessler, Ph.D.

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News Items – April 20, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Keith Cunniffe is a member of NASW-NYS: “Here Comes Jimmy Hendrix”: A Psychiatrist and Patient Reconnect and Recollect Psychiatric Times Cunniffe: I started college at Fordham University in the fall of 1986 looking forward to making new friends and, hopefully, having a girlfriend.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Disruptions to school and family life during the pandemic have put children at the center of this crisis. The letter was signed by 11 groups, including the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Social Workers , the American Psychiatric Association, and the Psychotherapy Action Network. Psychology Today.