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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

What inspired you to write the book, Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry , that got published in October of 2018? . I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Anosognosia is the most common reason people don’t adhere to treatment recommendations.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW).

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Depression in adolescence – consider sex differences to bring treatment equity

MQ Mental Health

This blog was written by Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska, a postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London and the Assistant Editor of InSPire the Mind. We published our results in the Journal of Psychiatric Research , and in a blog as part of Inspire the Mind (ITM).

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

Society of Clinical Psychology

She has been in treatment for over seven years and has received therapy from several different clinicians who have each utilized various theoretical orientations. After significant treatment, her depression appears to be resistant to both therapeutic and psychiatric interventions. T feels most confident about herself.

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Prescriptive Authority for Clinical Psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

This coursework is supplemented by a range of 1,500 (NPs, DNPs) to 9,000 (MD, DO) hours of supervised clinical training that involves assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment. Clinical Psychology Review, 33 , 883–900. Muse, M., & McGrath, R. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66 , 96-103. doi:10.1002/jclp.20623.

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