Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 5, 2022

What would it mean for clinical psychology if we maintained an intentional focus on both treating mental illness and promoting mental wellbeing? While the integration of wellbeing into clinical psychology has come a long way, more work is needed before this approach will be widely adopted and even including into clinical training programs.

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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

MARCH 7, 2020

During that time, she had been having several panic attacks per day and met criteria for multiple anxiety disorders. However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety. Unfortunately, people like Jenna are not as uncommon as we would hope.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 12, 2019

For the past 60 years, psychological research as a whole has been dominated by the deficit model of psychopathology that centers on disorder, damage, and mental illness. This phenomenon has been labeled the immigrant paradox.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Although anxiety sensitivity was originally studied in relation to panic- and anxiety-related disorders, it subsequently has been conceptualized as a transdiagnostic measure of distress intolerance and a risk factor for important health behaviors (Otto et al., The interventions additionally needed to be brief: six sessions or less.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 10, 2024

MQ Ambassador Dr Esther Beierl (pictured above) is a data scientist, trial statistician, and psychometrician in psychology and mental health research (currently University of Cambridge, previously University of Oxford), yoga teacher and personal trainer. She also has personal lived experience of mental health conditions.

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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., Augmentation can include pharmacological treatments, psychological treatments, or novel or emerging treatments such as exercise, acupuncture, or art therapy.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 31, 2020

When a patient is undergoing treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD), one of the greatest risks for relapse is encountering the drug itself, or, something that reminds the patient of using the drug (i.e., Our manuscript that was recently published in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (Vinci et al., a “trigger” for use).

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 14, 2017

Is “Abnormal Psychology” Really all that Abnormal – a blog post by Jonathan D. Schaefer, a doctoral student of Clinical Psychology at Duke University. abnormal psychology”), and in the stigmatization of individuals who suffer from mental illness. 2011), Oregon (Farmer et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 6, 2019

Gender affirming medical interventions (GAMI) are interventions that some, but not all, transgender or gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals seek in order to bring their primary and secondary sex characteristics in line with their own affirmed gender. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128 , 25-31. Reference Article.

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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Now, we can say that it is not psychologically safe.” Despite the symptoms of racial trauma mirroring many of those found in post-traumatic stress disorder, Thomas explained that there were some organisations that did not recognise it as a form of trauma. But the murder of George Floyd helped us to name it.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 14, 2023

Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., There is also some evidence that higher cognitive flexibility may have an indirect protective effect on SITB via buffering effects of stress and psychological pain. boys with adjustment disorders). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 13, 2018

During the past decades there has been a rapidly growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) like MBSR or MBCT. We contend that, in addition to empirical arguments, a complex mixture of historical, social and psychological factors has fueled the acceptance of MBIs in the healthcare systems of Western societies.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 2, 2017

correspondents with a new article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology titled, “Outcomes of Psychological Therapies for Prisoners with Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. This SCP blog by Karen Slade, Psy.D. 2007; Butler et al., 2007; Butler et al.,

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

Social workers spend a tremendous amount of time and resources developing interventions to help serve disadvantaged families and individuals. An article recently published in the journal Health & Social Work , co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press seeks to address this issue.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 30, 2021

Understanding how people regulate their emotions well is a key question of interest for both basic and applied psychology researchers. People who have access to a larger repertoire of emotion regulation strategies tend to report better psychological health, but this relation is small ( r =.12; 12; Cheng et al., Strunk et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Katie Eklund discusses the use of universal screening scores to predict distal academic and behavioral outcomes among school-aged youth. academic skill curriculum-based measurement scores) to increase the likelihood of universal screener adoption. Lane, Carter, Pierson, & Glaeser, 2006).

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 5, 2022

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. Additionally, she is also the Director of the Mood Disorders Research program at Yale.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Using current classification systems like the DSM, we may initially conclude that this presentation can best be described as generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). We know there is a good evidence-base for psychological treatments for GAD and therefore, we have some confidence that our client’s anxiety may subside following the intervention.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Understanding how veterans fare when they leave service is important to inform early intervention and prevention efforts. Yet, knowledge of factors that portend better outcomes across multiple aspects of life can be used to develop interventions that have a broader reach and impact on veterans’ lives. F., & Copeland, L.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

MQ is encouraging a cross-generational conversation about improving mental health interventions. HOPES’ findings of how brain structure, psychological and social factors interact provide a framework to investigate and understand why suicide risk develops. To counteract this, 31.8% Young people are the reason MQ exists as a charity.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

MQ is encouraging a cross-generational conversation about improving mental health interventions. HOPES’ findings of how brain structure, psychological and social factors interact provide a framework to investigate and understand why suicide risk develops. To counteract this, 31.8% Young people are the reason MQ exists as a charity.

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Psychological science has advanced knowledge on sexual minority (e.g., gay, bisexual) men’s health, finding that: Sexual minority men experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders , and HIV acquisition than heterosexual men. Psychological distress. Depression symptoms. Anxiety symptoms. Suicidality.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 1, 2020

For people with psychotic disorders the situation is much worse. In fact, the annual rate of loneliness in people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders appears to be around 2.3 These findings suggest that low-burden, low cost, and flexibility of group singing may offer an ideal intervention strategy for schizophrenia.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 11, 2023

She also holds a master of pastoral studies from Loyola University Chicago. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Dayton and a master’s degree in education from the University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy). Being strong is great. So is taking care of yourself.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 6, 2020

In an effort to construct meaning from the vast bodies of research focusing on resilience interventions, a recent meta-analysis produced a comprehensive review of the literature in order to substantiate their effectiveness (Liu et al., Are resilience interventions effective? For whom are resilience interventions the most effective?

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We designed a 12-week positive psychological intervention—ENHANCE—focused explicitly on increasing happiness rather than treating mental illness. In a paper published in the journal Psychological Science , we found that our positive psychological intervention had beneficial effects on self-reported physical health (Kushlev et al.,

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inSocialWork

APRIL 20, 2021

Future research and interventions needed in this area are described. Stella Resko, PhD is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Certificate in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies program at Wayne University School of Social Work. is a sixth year clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Wayne State University.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This SCP Blog post by Brittany Speed, Brandon Goldstein, and Dr. Marvin Goldfried discuss their recent publication in CP:SP addressing the role of assertiveness training in clinical psychology. All of that supports the utility of assertiveness training as an important stand-alone clinical intervention. saying no). saying no).

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

Maternal mental health is the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of women during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Maternal mental health disorders can have serious consequences, such as impaired mother-infant bonding, poor child development, and increased risk of death from suicide or other causes.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

This review examined 137 published studies, predominantly from rich countries in Europe and Asia, that measured psychological distress in the general population before, during and after the COVID pandemic. These numbers include children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 17, 2023

As an example, consider a young client with social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, a heart condition, and a single parent who is skeptical about the value of psychotherapy. Malia Clark, AB: Malia Clark completed her undergraduate training in psychology and French at Harvard College in 2021.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 7, 2021

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. 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., Anderson et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JUNE 2, 2017

Yale University. Duke University. Structural Alterations within Cerebellar Circuitry Are Associated with General Liability for Common Mental Disorders. Michigan State University. Boston University. Distinct Risk Profiles in Social Anxiety Disorder. University of Virginia. Virginia Tech University.

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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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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 2, 2019

This SCP Blog piece by Drs Papalia, Spivak, Daffern, and Ogloff discusses a recent meta-analytic review of psychological treatments for violent offenders published in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. We found and analysed 27 controlled evaluations involving more than 7,000 violent offenders.

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