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

Society of Clinical Psychology

the importance of expectancy violations are considered more integral to exposure efficacy in the inhibitory learning model), but each model emphasizes the importance of full engagement with the feared stimuli during exposures. However, clinicians can also inadvertently engage in accommodating behaviors within session. Costello, E.

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Technology and the future of cognitive-behavioral interventions

Society of Clinical Psychology

While smartphone-delivered treatments hold exciting promise, issues of efficacy, engagement, and privacy will be critical for our field to address if smartphone-based treatments are going to make a truly meaningful impact on access to mental healthcare. 2017; Firth, Torous, Nicholas, Carney, Rosenbaum, et al., Leigh & Flatt, 2015).

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Most people in the room were engaged with others, with the exception of one older woman who stood apart, her back against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. Better safe than sorry.