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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientists have dedicated a tremendous amount of effort and resources toward understanding potential risk and protective factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB). Several interventions for SITB include strategies to improve cognitive flexibility (e.g., 2006; Park & Ammerman, 2023). Bryan, 2019; Kiosses et al.,

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide. Other contributing factors include poor coping skills, poor interpersonal relationships, lack of social support, lack of self-care, and unhealthy coping strategies, e.g., alcohol drinking or drug abuse. Self-care also involves avoiding alcohol, drugs, and prescription drug misuse.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Psychiatric Advance Directives. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Above all, a safety plan is meant to reduce the client’s risk of harm. Psychiatric advance directives. Substance use disorder.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Psychiatric Advance Directives. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Above all, a safety plan is meant to reduce the client’s risk of harm. Psychiatric advance directives. Substance use disorder.

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News Items – May 20, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Byrd is executive director of NASW-PA: First, do no harm: Pennsylvania youth deserve protection from conversion therapy | Opinion. Sexual orientation efforts have been discredited or highly criticized by all major medical, psychiatric, psychological, and professional mental health organizations,” Feldman said.

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What impact did the pandemic really have on mental health?

MQ Mental Health

These numbers include children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders. In fact, according to the latest figures , the number of referrals to CAMHS in England has increased by 39% in the last year. Sarah Markham, BMJ Patient Panel.

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

Society of Clinical Psychology

After significant treatment, her depression appears to be resistant to both therapeutic and psychiatric interventions. T was fostering a sense of connection with others while simultaneously building self-confidence. This approach can be incorporated across different treatment interventions and orientations (Gibbons et al.,

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