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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

1 Although PTSD has commonly been associated with the military and veteran populations, it affects people of all ages, communities, gender, and social economic background. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.”

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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Getting Better Outcomes from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

Society of Clinical Psychology

Augmentation can include pharmacological treatments, psychological treatments, or novel or emerging treatments such as exercise, acupuncture, or art therapy. a first-line PTSD treatment such as prolonged exposure or cognitive processing therapy) with any psychological, pharmacological, or other treatment. Fear extinction.

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Parental Military Deployment and Children: What Have We Learned from More than a Decade of War?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Alfano & Simon Lau, Department of Psychology, University of Houston. A common saying in the military is that when one person joins the whole family serves. For many military families, geographic relocations, disrupted family routines, financial hardships, and fear of losing a loved one became a way of life. Chandra et al.,

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Roadmap toward a neuromodulatory treatment for PTSD and anxiety

Society of Clinical Psychology

Neuromodulation is rapidly emerging as a novel avenue for the treatment of psychiatric conditions, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive neuromodulation technique, has been shown to be a versatile tool in the arsenal (Lefaucheur et al., Journal of Pediatric Psychology , 35 (5), 559–569. Garrett, A., Altekruse, W.

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

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Trauma, in fact, is a major public health issue and its effects go far past the initial physical or psychological impact. When a child suffers trauma or seriously adverse experiences, it can cause psychological damage that, if left untreated, will worsen over time. Make medical/psychiatric referrals as needed.

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Implementation Outcomes of Military Provider Training in Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Military Medicine, 178 , 939-944. Psychological Services, 12, 73-82. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(6), 968-981. Psychiatric Services, 65 , 997-1004.

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