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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

What do the experts know about school shootings, gun violence, and children? Gun violence is a public health problem, but it’s not all about school shootings. . It is essential to realize that school shootings make up a tiny percentage of youth firearms deaths. Of these youth, roughly half die from homicide (992).

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Investigating the transdiagnostic nature of rumination across depressive, anxiety and eating disorders: A meta-analysis.

Society of Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Rickerby, BPsychScHons, MCR , is a PhD candidate in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. Isabel Krug , PhD, is an Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Rickerby, N.,

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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

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. I started as a research assistant as an undergrad, in a very different area of psychology.

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Episode: Dr Max Taquet and Why Some People Develop Brain Fog

MQ Mental Health

The effects of Covid-19 on brain function and mental health, as well as the reasons for flaws in diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are all discussed in this episode of the MQ Open Mind podcast. That doesn't really matter in some ways since treatment is very much the same both psychologically and medically.

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What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist

Lawson Psychology

your childhood and teenage years), your relationship history, previous history of psychiatric help, whether you have had any major illnesses or accidents, and current medications. Your clinical psychologist will make a recommendation about the frequency of your psychological therapy sessions based on your individual circumstances.

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MQ expands its Science Council

MQ Mental Health

Professor Jehannine Austin from the University of British Columbia in Canada is a psychiatrist whose research work involved studying the impact of genetic counselling for people with psychiatric disorders and their families. Additionally, she is also the Director of the Mood Disorders Research program at Yale.

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Rosa specifically reports significant worries about her Spanish accent in her predominately English-speaking school (e.g., “my Rosa responds and shares “it helps me talk to my grandparents and classmates at school.