Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2017

Social psychological research has demonstrated that contact can increase knowledge about and empathy toward stigmatized individuals, as well as reduce the inter-group anxiety that leads to avoidance of members of stigmatized groups (see Pettigrew & Tropp, 2011). Psychiatric Services, 62 , 824-826. doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(05)37005-5.

Psychiatry 59

Psychiatry Schizophrenia Psychology Empathy 59

Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The psychiatric hospital, in its forbidding Victorian building, was somewhere you got ‘put away’. This was my first experience of being spoken to harshly and without any empathy or compassion. People with ‘Personality Disorder’ are treated inhumanely and discriminated against. It’s time to make ‘good trouble’ about this.

Mental Health 52

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Relias

OCTOBER 3, 2022

These can include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more. While PFA is not a substitute for therapy or other forms of psychiatric care, agencies can use it to help reduce stress and trauma immediately following a disaster. A great way to do this is through a respectful display of empathy.

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Human Services PTSD Mental Health Anxiety 52

Beautiful Voyager

APRIL 30, 2021

I always suspected living with a mild attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that didn’t affect me to a point of challenging my everyday life (or so I thought). The fear of no longer feeling like myself Change in personality is a very common fear of people hesitating to get on a psychiatric medication. A lesser person?

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The only two occasions I went to the hospital for my mental health challenges were 1) generalized anxiety with panic disorder and 2) severe depression with psychotic events and suicide attempt. One of the best examples is the anti-self-compassion/anti-empathy phrase: “ stop whining, pull yourself together and carry on ”.

Psychology 52

Psychology Mental Health Recovery Depression 52

Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Racialized trauma, defined loosely as danger related to real or perceived racial discrimination, has been found to present in a manner consistent with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (i.e. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association , 1 (4). avoidance, hypervigilance, flashbacks)(Comas-Díaz et al., Heilemann, M.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

I am completing my field education at Natchaug Hospital in an outpatient program for older adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders. My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing.

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Justice and Corrections LMSW Schools Mental Health 52

The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

I have seen this in practice: when social workers adopt a ‘power over’ working style, they can act protectively when the situation requires it, but can easily slip into an oppressive mode of practice if, for example, they become exasperated with a service user and lose empathy with them. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

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