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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week (5 to 11 February 2024) this year, the campaign’s 10 th year, is ‘My Voice Matters’. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Childhood doesn’t usually involve much autonomy.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week (5 to 11 February 2024) this year, the campaign’s 10 th year, is ‘My Voice Matters’. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Childhood doesn’t usually involve much autonomy.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

As we have started to investigate reasons why evidence-based psychosocial treatments (EBPTs) aren’t widely used in everyday practice, a new area of research, implementation science, has emerged. and many state and local mental health systems that require consumer access to EBPTs. But this still isn’t the whole picture.

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Is Mental Health a Human Right?

MQ Mental Health

World Mental Health Day falls on 10 October every year, and every year the chosen theme aims to highlight or address an aspect of mental health. This year the theme is ‘Mental Health is a Human Right’. And why is mental health one? Why is mental health a human right?

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Denise Sloan and Brian Marx discusses findings from a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry that compares the effectiveness of a brief exposure-based therapy for PTSD with Cognitive Processing Therapy with implications for finding the ‘right treatment dose’ for reducing symptoms. Watts et al.). 2012; Nacasch et al.,

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The Promise of Transdiagnostic Treatments for Anxiety Disorders

Society of Clinical Psychology

Significant progress has been made in recent decades in identifying effective psychosocial treatments for anxiety and mood disorders. hope, optimism, self-efficacy) promotes well-being and provides resilience to PTSD and other anxiety disorders. Brown et al.,

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Members in the News – August 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Susan Radzilowski is a member of NASW-MI: Trans youth in Michigan can get free therapy through this grant Michigan Radio The program also connects clients with a pre-approved list of mental health providers in Michigan who have expertise in caring for the LGBTQ community. You can control your fear…” says Nguyen.

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