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What Is and Is Not a Psychological Treatment?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychiatric medications, for example, might address psychological problems but are obviously not psychological treatments. In our article below, we discuss the rationale behind each part of the definition, and list both positive and negative examples of various interventions. Reference/Target Article Tolin, D. Boness, C. Olatunji, B.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

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Adolescence is an important developmental period during which youth experience key changes in their ability to regulate emotions and behavior, and engage in more reward-seeking and risk-taking behaviors than during childhood (Andrews et al., Although externalizing problems are a common reason for psychiatric referrals (Connor et al.,

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

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cultural socialization, or emphasizing cultural pride and heritage) have been identified as important treatment targets in interventions that were specifically designed with and for African American families (e.g., Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al.,

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

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Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., student at Western University. Hons) completed his Psychology undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. is a clinical psychologist and faculty in the University of Utah’s department of psychiatry. Bryan, 2019; Kiosses et al.,

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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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). Why Should We Address Positive Autobiographical Memories in PTSD Interventions?

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

Society of Clinical Psychology

This is a Section 10 Student Blog Post on identifying mechanisms of change in clinical supervision written by Lucas Zullo , a fourth year doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and his clinical supervisor, Dr. Mona Robbins. T to identify values that are important to her as a first step.

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Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

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 with standard treatment, or improved skills or aspects of wellbeing that the standard treatment does not target, such as sleep or social rehabilitation.