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Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

Several effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exist, yet nearly half of patients continue to have significant symptomatology after receiving them (e.g., Foa et al., 2018). Augmentation is a way of improving outcomes from standard treatments by adding something before, during, or after standard treatment. Augmentation can work in lots of different ways, and might mean faster or greater symptom improvement relative to standard treatment alone, better engagement or retention

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Quiz: hospice philosophy and patient self-determination

Hospice Social Work

How well do you understand hospice philosophy? How ready are you respect patient and family wishes? Take the following quiz, based on real-life situations, to find out. And share your thoughts in the comments section below. What's the best approach when a patient says she doesn’t want a DNR? Consult one or more members of the interdisciplinary team to figure out how to help her change her mind.

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Racial Terror's Past & Present - T. Marie King & Abigail Schneider

Doin' The Work

Episode 25. Guests: T. Marie King & Abigail Schneider. Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. . www.dointhework.com. Listen/Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify. Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook. Join the mailing list. Support the podcast. Download transcript. Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. .

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Sickness, then Celebration – Putting Suicide Behind Me

A Splintered Mind

Even despite the worst sickness in years, I’ve maintained an even keel. Come celebrate with me. Today is the 650th day since I was last suicidal. Keeping track of this stat is only something I began six hundred and fifty days ago. Before that was a hard spell in 2013, and before that was the two year rollercoaster at the end of my marriage. I thought about ending things quite a bit back then.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

Society of Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. In the first half of treatment, children and adolescents (referred to throughout as youth) are taught a series of coping skills to “fight the worry monster.

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Arlene Englander Interview – Author of “Let Go Of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food”

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Let Go of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food This book is for anyone who would like to eat whatever they like, yet stop just at the point of satisfaction without overeating. Written by a Columbia University trained psychotherapist and former emotional overeater, Let Go of Emotional Overeating and Love Your Food offers psychologically sound techniques for recognizing the symptoms of emotional overeating and methods for addressing it in ways that are both effective and enjoyable.

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Behavior Modification and Goal Setting

Counselor Toolbox podcast

A direct link to the CEU course is [link] Objectives ~ Define behavior modification ~ Explore how behavior modification can be useful in practice ~ Learn basic behavior modification terms: ~ Unconditioned stimulus and response ~ Conditioned stimulus and response ~ Discriminitive stimuli ~ Learned helplessness A direct link to the CEU course is [link] Objectives ~ Define behavior modification ~ Explore how behavior modification can be useful in practice ~ Learn basic behavior modification terms:

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