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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

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in psychology at New York University , as well as her Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology at Hofstra University. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Chang earned her B.A.

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

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There is also some evidence that higher cognitive flexibility may have an indirect protective effect on SITB via buffering effects of stress and psychological pain. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Chung (M.Sc) is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Western University. Target Article Chung, J. Diamond, A.

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Emotional Support Animals: Considering the Ramifications

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This SCP Student Blog post by Adam Duberstein discusses the role of emotional support animals in clinical psychology. For instance, people may claim to have a psychological disability, when they instead wish to take their pets to college with them or dodge pet rents charged by landlords (Bourland, 2009). About the Author.

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Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

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by Kate MacDuffie and Tim Strauman about their newly published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Although originally expected to reduce social stigma and blame, many biological messages about psychiatric disorders like depression have had the opposite effect (Haslam & Kvaale, 2015; Lebowitz, 2014).

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What makes mental illness stigma so hard to change (and also to study)?

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Casados about her recently published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. The stigma experienced because of one’s mental illness can in turn exacerbate psychological symptoms and deter treatment-use and recovery, thus further compromising an individual’s mental health (e.g., Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

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universities (some incorporated in the 1600s and 1700s) were created as segregated institutions. Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD. Additionally, many of the major U.S.

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

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The psychological community often attempts to combat the stigma suffered by the mentally ill by challenging the view that people suffering schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are physically dangerous. of the professionally representative 2017 BPS report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia.