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

Society of Clinical Psychology

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., However, the moderating role of intervention duration approached but was no longer significant ( p =.057)

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

These insights open possibilities for common solutions that reduce premature mortality from both suicide and comorbidities and suggest opportunities to leverage ramifying effects via strategic interventions." I envision that this paper will inform equitable, accessible and effective prevention and intervention across the globe in the future.”

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Guest Post: Helping and Compassion Fatigue by Thomas R. Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt (USMC Veteran)

Bipolar Bandit

When handling trauma, therapists, counselors, health professionals, caregivers, and others that are helping, seek to understand the person, get a pulse on the crisis, engage in triaging the most devastating issues, and offer interventions that help to restore, or create in some cases, stability.

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Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Importantly, anxiety sensitivity is a malleable risk factor that can be addressed with a range of short-term interventions, making it a potentially important treatment target for both intervention and prevention efforts. The interventions additionally needed to be brief: six sessions or less.

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

About two decades ago, psychologists who develop and study psychotherapy interventions began to recognize that publications on the efficacy of new psychotherapies were not sufficient to change practice. Are they able to make it to session weekly, and willing or able to engage in the interventions that comprise the EBPT?

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Diversity Spotlight: Sannisha K. Dale, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

This research interest coincides with her position as the founder and director of the SHINE (Strengthening Health through Innovation and Engagement) Research Program. Earlier in my career, I used to be constantly engaged with work, even in my thoughts and dreams. As someone deeply connected to my work, I find joy in it.

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Parental Military Deployment and Children: What Have We Learned from More than a Decade of War?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Major military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have since ceased but the resulting instability of the Middle East almost certainly ensures future intervention. Effective support and intervention services for these two groups of children may in turn differ. The psychosocial effects of deployment on military children.