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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., in an early session of psychotherapy.

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‘Did not attend’: what are the barriers to attending initial psychotherapy appointments?

The Social Care Elf

Laurence Palfreyman explores a mixed methods systematic review, which brings together research from across the world looking at why people fail to attend their first psychotherapy appointment. The post ‘Did not attend’: what are the barriers to attending initial psychotherapy appointments? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Harnessing the power of feedback in psychotherapy: Insights from a belief updating perspective

Society of Clinical Psychology

posttraumatic stress disorder), aiming to improve clinical decision-making. Tobias Kube, PhD, temporarily holds the Chair for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany. Dr. Herzog ( [link] ) can be contacted at philipp.herzog@rptu.de , and you can follow him on Twitter at @ herzog_ph.

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Internet-based psychotherapy may be cost-effective for anxiety and depression

The Social Care Elf

The post Internet-based psychotherapy may be cost-effective for anxiety and depression appeared first on National Elf Service. Ally Canaway blogs a systematic review which finds evidence of internet-based psychological interventions being cost-effective for depression and anxiety.

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Altering the understanding of Alters: Dissociative Identity Disorder

MQ Mental Health

Unlike The Hulk’s Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Iron Man’s PTSD , Moon Knight brought childhood trauma and a much misunderstood mental illness Dissociative Identity Disorder into the spotlight. There are many types of dissociative disorder, DID being just one. There were pros and cons to this effort.

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder. 2015; Kilpatrick et al.,

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The Art of Destressing: How Creativity Creates Less Stress

MQ Mental Health

Many people are aware of common therapies used to treat mental health conditions like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychotherapy and group therapy. Alongside these, particularly in inpatient care, can comfortably sit more creative pursuits as therapy.