MQ Mental Health

APRIL 12, 2024

One of the first ever MQ Fellows selected was Dr Joshua Roffman from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. This intervention rapidly doubled blood folate levels in women capable of pregnancy and dramatically reduced spina bifida incidence. But what is it like to apply and be selected for an MQ fellowship?

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 1, 2021

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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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 10, 2020

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., Our systematic review assessed high quality evidence for current interventions designed to augment first-line PTSD treatments (Metcalf et al., Hoffmann et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 14, 2023

Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., boys with adjustment disorders). student at Western University. Hons) completed his Psychology undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. 2006; Park & Ammerman, 2023). Bryan, 2019; Kiosses et al., 2018; Linehan, 2015).

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Roffman and his team at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania studied MRI scans from 1,370 children born before, during and after the introduction of fortification in the US (when folic acid is added to food). Psychotic disorders have a substantial impact on individuals, their families and society.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

Professor Michael Sharpe, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford explains: “The overall finding is that, contrary to popular narratives, the average level of distress in the population did not substantially increase and the pandemic was not associated with a ‘tsunami of mental illness’.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 7, 2021

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., Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

To exemplify and rectify this issue, we aimed to recover a stand-alone transdiagnostic treatment that largely disappeared from the literature when research shifted away from focal, dimensional and clinically relevant problems to using treatment packages to treat DSM disorders. unassertiveness) or an intervention (e.g. saying no).

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 31, 2017

Would you feel better, or worse, after being given a biological explanation for your disorder? In search of an answer to these questions, we reviewed the literature on what happens when people are given biological explanations for mental disorders.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 4, 2020

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. comorbid disorders, family dysfunction), moving the field toward the ultimate goal of person-centered intervention.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

APA Student Poster Award Winner Rachel Zachar shares her research at Nova Southeastern University, where she is a doctoral student. Participants were part of a de-identified database comprised of 19,384 patients from an outpatient psychiatric clinic. The Angry Brain. Zachar, M.S. ,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 2, 2019

These people are often incarcerated or, for some who experience mental disorder, detained in secure hospitals for the purposes of incapacitation and rehabilitation. from Monash University and a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical and Forensic Psychology) from Swinburne University of Technology. Nina Papalia, D.Psych., Lipsey, M.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 20, 2022

The practice lacks scientific credibility, is unethical, and operates under the misguided belief that being LGBTQ is a disorder that requires treatment. Sexual orientation efforts have been discredited or highly criticized by all major medical, psychiatric, psychological, and professional mental health organizations,” Feldman said.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 14, 2017

Schaefer, a doctoral student of Clinical Psychology at Duke University. An assumption held by many—including many mental health professionals—is that people who suffer from one or more mental disorders constitute a small, troubled minority. Is “Abnormal Psychology” Really all that Abnormal – a blog post by Jonathan D.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 30, 2017

Addressing antenatal depression is of such public health concern that the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) issued guidelines in 2016 calling for universal screening for depression during pregnancy (ACOG, 2015). ­. in psychology from Cornell University 2005 and his Ph.D. Sam Hubley, Ph.D. earned his B.A. Battle, C.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 2, 2017

All over the world, people held in our jails and prisons experience far greater levels of mental illness than the general population including PTSD, major depression, psychotic illness and personality disorder (Fazel & Seewald, 2012, Goff et al., lock downs’) which affect their intervention and studies. 2007; Butler et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2017

Does contact with a person with bipolar disorder improve attitudes about people with “mental illness” more broadly? How can the experiences of persons with mental illness be considered when designing studies or interventions? Psychiatric Services, 62 , 824-826. Watson, Corrigan, Larson, & Sells, 2007). Author Biography.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 5, 2020

2018) that involved a group of 40 psychiatric outpatients with no obvious motive to exaggerate, we observed that symptom over-reporting was moderately associated with alexithymia ( r =.56). In addition, some patients might not benefit from treatment interventions that generally yield positive effects. In one study (Merckelbach et al.,

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 29, 2022

NYC Health + Hospitals will offer psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers between $30,000 and $50,000 of debt relief in exchange for a three-year commitment to serve the public health system. s Violence Intervention Workforce. Seattle taps UW to study social worker pay.

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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 field placement is with Wellmore Behavioral Health in Waterbury, where I am an Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services clinician.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 12, 2019

We used data from the initial round of WMH-ICS surveys administered to 14,371 students in 19 colleges and universities across eight mostly high-income countries (Australia, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Spain, and United States). Not surprisingly, MDD (21.2%) and GAD (18.6%) are the most common lifetime disorders.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Poverty A new study from Columbia University should remind us of something history has consistently shown: the relationship between poverty and crime is far from predictable or consistent. According to one study , 12 percent of adult psychiatric patients receiving treatment in the San Diego County health system had prior incarcerations.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A new study from Columbia University should remind us of something history has consistently shown: the relationship between poverty and crime is far from predictable or consistent. According to one study , 12 percent of adult psychiatric patients receiving treatment in the San Diego County health system had prior incarcerations.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Understanding what aspects of the disease experience signal higher stigma may help clinicians interpret patient symptoms and guide interventions to improve wellbeing. Interventions may be needed outside memory centers to aid Black older adults and their family members in seeking out care they may need. 2022; Corrigan et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Boxley from the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology School, Prairie View A&M University addresses mental health promotion among faith communities. . The best socioecological model based health intervention would reach the individual within his or her system environment across multiple levels (e.g., Planned Parenthood).

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 25, 2016

This blog piece by Dr. Douglas Samuel from Purdue University discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. . In other words, how similar are the individuals diagnosed with a given disorder in clinical practice to those who are diagnosed in research settings? Although, there were a few bright spots (e.g.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 11, 2018

By investigating the underlying mechanism of action in our earlier work, we were able to create an efficient and efficacious intervention that we hope will improve treatment access and the subsequent health, well-being and quality of life of people exposed to trauma and in need of treatment services. Psychiatric Services, 65 , 997-1004.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 13, 2018

Levy, Springer, and Tolin discuss a recent meta-analytic review of remission in CBT for anxiety disorders published in Clinical Psychology Review. . The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is well established, at least in terms of pre- to post-treatment reductions in anxiety severity.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

We are in the society of the teacher- judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the social worker-judge; it is on them that the universal reign of the normative is based; and each individual, wherever he may find himself, subjects to it his body, his gestures, his behaviour, his aptitudes, his achievements.

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