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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

2019), only a minority of youth with these difficulties receive interventions with strong research support (McCart & Sheidow, 2016). Despite DBT’s focus on changing thoughts and behaviors that precede and relate to interpersonal conflict, externalizing problems are rarely examined as a primary aim in DBT-based intervention studies.

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

These insights open possibilities for common solutions that reduce premature mortality from both suicide and comorbidities and suggest opportunities to leverage ramifying effects via strategic interventions." Group therapy improves depression and HIV treatment 2.

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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

She had dropped out of school, had increasing depression symptoms, and had been hospitalized several times for suicidality. However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety.

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Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Importantly, anxiety sensitivity is a malleable risk factor that can be addressed with a range of short-term interventions, making it a potentially important treatment target for both intervention and prevention efforts. The interventions additionally needed to be brief: six sessions or less.

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Let’s Talk About Sleep

Millennial Social Worker

Poor sleep is connected with many chronic health conditions such as depression, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, to name a few. Poor sleep leads to cognitive impairment and may cause or contribute to many depressive disorders. Poor sleep or excessive sleep is also one of the common symptoms of depression and anxiety.

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Overall, early basic research supports the notion that assertiveness is inversely correlated with both specific clinical problems, such as depression, anxiety, and comorbid diagnoses resulting in serious mental illness, as well as with clinically important transdiagnostic variables, such as self-esteem, and relationship satisfaction.

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The Impact of Immigration Policy on Latino Families: A Call to Action for Psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

As psychologists, it is crucial to become aware of how immigration policies can impact the presence of trauma, depression, anxiety, and behavioral disorders. Subsequently, how can psychologists tailor individual and community-based intervention efforts? These post-migration stressors (e.g.