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Depression and suicide risk: An interview with new MQ Fellow Dr Alexandre Lussier

MQ Mental Health

My doctoral research focused on the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on epigenomic and transcriptomic patterns in animal models and clinical cohorts of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Research is the key to understanding and developing better interventions to prevent and treat mental health conditions.

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Bipolar Disorder and Student Mental Health (with Dr Anne Duffy) – MQ Open Minds Podcast

MQ Mental Health

Bipolar Disorder This particular mental health condition and one particular man both had a huge effect on Dr Duffy’s career. Dr Paul Grof from the Czech Republic, a classically trained psychiatrist who had dedicated his life to researching bipolar disorder , became Anne’s mentor when she was training in psychiatry.

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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., 2006; Zimmermann et al., 2017; Sharf et al.,

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International Men’s Day: 5 Men Doing Amazing Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Psychotic disorders have a substantial impact on individuals, their families and society. COVID is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of neurological and psychiatric consequences. Whether it’s depression, eating disorders, addiction… they will be transformational.” Episodes been downloaded over 10,000 times.

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., In the United States (U.S.), 2010; Wells & Horwood, 2004). 2021; Cuijpers et al.,

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

cultural socialization, or emphasizing cultural pride and heritage) have been identified as important treatment targets in interventions that were specifically designed with and for African American families (e.g., 2014) and/or interviews (e.g., American Psychiatric Association. Similar constructs (e.g., Anderson et al.,

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

Whereas the typical research study collects data using either a semi-structured interview administered by a research assistant or a self-report questionnaire completed by the client, the norm within real-world practice settings is to provide diagnoses on the basis of an unstructured clinical interview. 23 (Samuel, 2015).

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