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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although externalizing problems are a common reason for psychiatric referrals (Connor et al., 2019), only a minority of youth with these difficulties receive interventions with strong research support (McCart & Sheidow, 2016). However, the moderating role of intervention duration approached but was no longer significant ( p =.057)

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

All of that supports the utility of assertiveness training as an important stand-alone clinical intervention. Although a one-time core intervention, assertiveness training has experienced a dramatic decrease in the clinical and therapy research literature. unassertiveness) or an intervention (e.g. saying no).

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Is Mental Health a Human Right?

MQ Mental Health

For example, around one question which a 2019 research paper asked outright, do involuntary psychiatric interventions violate international human rights law? Human Health and Human Rights Mental health and human rights are inextricably linked in many ways. What is MQ doing for mental health as a human right?

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Prioritizing Mental Health on College Campuses

Society of Clinical Psychology

This result has challenging clinical implications, as it indicates that transdiagnostic interventions directed at students with high comorbidity will be needed to reduce suicidal behaviors among students at risk by virtue of having suicide ideation. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e1752. Kessler, Ph.D.

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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.

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

This effort to develop and test interventions that offer demonstrable improvement in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) has yielded a lengthy list of Empirically Supported Treatments that can inform an EBP ( [link] ). Here again, though, recent evidence has suggested that it may not be as simple as trusting the clinician.

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

By investigating the underlying mechanism of action in our earlier work, we were able to create an efficient and efficacious intervention that we hope will improve treatment access and the subsequent health, well-being and quality of life of people exposed to trauma and in need of treatment services. Psychiatric Services, 65 , 997-1004.

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