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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013. Dr Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu (Uganda) developed a highly successful intervention for remote communities living with HIV and depression in 2015.

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Anxiety In Elderly: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Ways To Manage 2023

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Two key points when approaching assistance with anxiety are: Mental health services focused on non-pharmacy interventions should be considered first and can be very effective. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) PTSD is characterized by recurrent memories or “reliving” a traumatic event.

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Anxiety In Elderly: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Ways To Manage 2023

Blurt It Out

Two key points when approaching assistance with anxiety are: Mental health services focused on non-pharmacy interventions should be considered first and can be very effective. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) PTSD is characterized by recurrent memories or “reliving” a traumatic event.

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Anxiety In Elderly: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Ways To Manage 2023

Blurt It Out

Two key points when approaching assistance with anxiety are: Mental health services focused on non-pharmacy interventions should be considered first and can be very effective. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) PTSD is characterized by recurrent memories or “reliving” a traumatic event.

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Contemporary Issues in Understanding Immigrant Mental Health Needs and Challenges

Society of Clinical Psychology

As an immigrant myself to the United States, I have thought deeply and keenly about the formidable differences among diverse groups in perceptions of mental health, access to mental health services, and palatability of current mental health interventions. 2018; IASC, 2007). To this end, we’re still largely operating in the dark. Nickerson, A.,

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Technology and the future of cognitive-behavioral interventions

Society of Clinical Psychology

One of the first prominent advances in technology-based interventions is Internet-delivered CBT (I-CBT), which can easily be disseminated, reduces the time needed from trained clinicians dramatically compared to face-to-face treatments (Enander et al., 2016), and has garnered strong initial efficacy data over the years (Andrews et al.,

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcomes in Anxiety: We’re Halfway There

Society of Clinical Psychology

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) had the highest remission rates (53% and 51%, respectively), whereas social anxiety disorder (SAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) had the lowest rates (40% and 38%, respectively). Remission rates also differed between anxiety disorders. Tolin, Ph.D.

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