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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Given that our clinic is a doctoral training clinic, the finding that racial match may impact outcomes emphasizes a need to recruit and support diverse cohorts of graduate students in clinical psychology PhD programs. Ethnoracial status, intersectionality with gender, and psychotherapy utilization, retention, and outcomes. Robison, M.,

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Her research and clinical interests center on improving access to quality mental healthcare for culturally diverse youth and families. American Psychiatric Association. Ethnic identity, acculturation and the prevalence of lifetime psychiatric disorders among Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults in the US. References Cited.

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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). References American Psychiatric Association. American Psychiatric Association.

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Prescriptive Authority for Clinical Psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

It would be wise for the future of the profession to resist the temptation to promote pharmacological approaches by less scientifically trained professionals over empirically supported psychotherapies that psychologists are remarkably well-prepared to deliver. Reference Article. Robiner, W. Tompkins, T, L., & Hathaway, K. December 2019).

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

Society of Clinical Psychology

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., 2014), positive psychotherapy (Lopez-Gomez et al., 76, Issue 1.

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what's love got to do with it?

Clinical Philosophy

In a paper on whether psychotherapy is a form of prostitution, philosopher Rupert Read suggests that therapy is to genuine loving friendship (‘agape’) as prostitution is to erotic love (‘eros’). Is psychotherapy, too, not a more subtle selling of such a fantasy? Gaita is a 17 year old ward assistant in a psychiatric hospital.