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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. degree in Psychology at Middlebury College and her Master of Science (M.S.) Her research and clinical interests center on improving access to quality mental healthcare for culturally diverse youth and families. Navarro, C.

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

PTSD is characterized by intrusive thoughts and trauma-related memories, avoidance of trauma-related triggers, maladaptive changes in thinking and affective processes, and alterations in arousal and reactivity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). 2013), psychological problems (e.g., Bomyea et al., 2018; Kida, 2019; Ono et al.,

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Prioritizing Mental Health on College Campuses

Society of Clinical Psychology

In our recently published study in Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Auerbach et al., One notable exception was that students identifying as non-heterosexual and engaging in same-sex behaviors reported a 3.4 He has been ranked for many years by ISI as the most widely-cited researcher in the world in psychiatry and psychology.

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Being a Black Clinician During Dual Pandemics: A Trainee Perspective

Society of Clinical Psychology

Throughout my training as a Clinical Psychology graduate student, many of the training experiences I have valued the most were when working with racial/ethnic minority clients, particularly those identifying as racially Black. Be kind, graceful, and validating of the lived experiences of Black people you might be professionally engaging with.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Learn a combination of diagnosis and interventionist tools of dissociation to consider when engaged in treatment of populations of color. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.” June 21, 2022.

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

for example, 20% of individuals recall meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) at some point in their lives (Hasin et al., 2018), and psychological makeup. In the United States (U.S.), 2010; Wells & Horwood, 2004).