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Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Review

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity is not an adjunct descriptor of the U.S. Thus, it is equity that holds the power to protect our nation’s people, as diversity without equity often breeds injustice. need for culturally responsive care in psychology, specifically for the treatment of schizophrenia), 2) Research-Based Protocol and 3) Treatment Tools.

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Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words

Bipolar Bandit

Randye Kaye is the co-creator and host of the popular podcast, Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches. Her son, Ben, has been hospitalized over ten times for schizophrenia. Recently, though, in a brush with police not trained in Crisis intervention, he is currently incarcerated, awaiting a bed in a jail diversion program.

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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Seeking a change for my senior year of college, I joined Dr. Mark Serper ’s schizophrenia research lab at Bellevue Hospital Center , the oldest hospital in the country with a large psychiatry department. Schizophrenia had become my main areas of interest after volunteering at a Brooklyn day treatment program for serious mental illness.

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MQ announces its biggest ever investment in new research

MQ Mental Health

The 2023 Fellows went through a rigorous interview and vetting process, including having their applications reviewed by a diverse panel of global experts, including people with lived experience of mental illness. Suhas will examine genetic and environmental predictors of treatment-emergent metabolic abnormalities in schizophrenia.

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

Relias

Recent social movements such as Black Lives Matter and protests over the murder of George Floyd have brought anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion to the forefront of American consciousness. For behavioral health providers, addressing racism and racial trauma in behavioral healthcare is crucial. Racial Bias in Diagnosing.

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what's love got to do with it?

Clinical Philosophy

Maya has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia; she feared her father was poisoning her; she experiences herself as a machine rather than a person; she lacks a sense of her motives and intentions and actions belonging together. The point of this way of seeing people, i.e. as individuals, is not to do with enjoying their diversity.