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Behavioral interventions in community settings for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Early behavioral interventions (BI) such as applied behavior analysis (ABA) and early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) are the main established therapeutic interventions for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). What barriers may exist for implementing behavioral interventions in routine clinical care?

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Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Social Work Blog

Article by Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. About one in 20 pregnant people report binge drinking in the past 30 days, and up to five percent of school children in the U.S.

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Are Mindfulness-Based Interventions Effective for Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders are common and prevalent mental health problems. They include obsessive-compulsive disorder, body-dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, hoarding disorder, and skin-picking disorder. How could we improve the long-term effectiveness of mindfulness interventions?

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Can Eating Disorders Change?

MQ Mental Health

But a person diagnosed with anorexia might develop binge eating disorder, or other types of eating disorders, as this personal story backed by research can attest. This Eating Disorder Awareness Week we consider whether eating disorders can change throughout a person’s life. But it’s certainly got ‘different’.

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Can Eating Disorders Change?

MQ Mental Health

But a person diagnosed with anorexia might develop binge eating disorder, or other types of eating disorders, as this personal story backed by research can attest. This Eating Disorder Awareness Week we consider whether eating disorders can change throughout a person’s life. But it’s certainly got ‘different’.

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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

Social Work Blog

Any alcohol use during pregnancy can cause a range of physical, behavioral, and learning problems in the baby known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) is supported by more than 30 years of research showing its effectiveness in reducing prenatal alcohol use and FASDs.

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Anxiety or Anxiety Disorder?

MQ Mental Health

To kick off the conversation around the topic, we at MQ want to chat about the difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder. Is it anxiety or an anxiety disorder? The key difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder is the severity and persistence of the symptoms. This might be a disorder.

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