The Critical Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various clinical settings. haloperidol or clozapine) might either worsen or improve the person’s physical, mental and psychological wellbeing.

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Mental Health Psychiatric Schizophrenia Interventional 96

Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In the referenced article, the Inventory of Therapeutic Interventions and Skills (Boyle et al., how they implemented interventions with patients and how they communicated, showed empathy etc.) Therapist interventions and skills as predictors of dropout in outpatient psychotherapy. Capturing therapist-patient interactions.

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Psychotherapy Therapist Clinic Psychology 98

Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2017

Casados about her recently published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. The stigma experienced because of one’s mental illness can in turn exacerbate psychological symptoms and deter treatment-use and recovery, thus further compromising an individual’s mental health (e.g., employment discrimination).

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Psychiatry Schizophrenia Psychology Empathy 59

MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Clothing and Psychology The power of costume is apparent in all of our lives. Researchers began using the term “ enclothed cognition ”, to refer to the way clothing influences people’s psychological processes. Just like an inmate in a prison, those who experience inpatient psychiatric care also might experience a costume of sorts.

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Mental Health Psychology Recovery Hospitals 52

Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The book, He Died Waiting: Learning the lessons - a bereaved mother's view of mental health services by Caroline Aldridge (2020), and the postcards with quotes from it, can be used in many ways to help students and practitioners to develop reflexiveness, empathy, and values-based practice. Evidences: PCF - 7 (skills and interventions).

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Mental Health Justice and Corrections Interventional Psychiatric 64

The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

I have seen this in practice: when social workers adopt a ‘power over’ working style, they can act protectively when the situation requires it, but can easily slip into an oppressive mode of practice if, for example, they become exasperated with a service user and lose empathy with them. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

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Social Worker Self-harm Psychiatric Welfare 40