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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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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Society of Clinical Psychology

Trauma exposure takes a toll on societies and individuals, leading to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for a sizable minority of individuals (Magruder et al., As such, intervening on memory-related processes has been a key focus when treating PTSD. Bomyea et al., 2017; Brewin & Holmes, 2003; Contractor et al.,

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

All over the world, people held in our jails and prisons experience far greater levels of mental illness than the general population including PTSD, major depression, psychotic illness and personality disorder (Fazel & Seewald, 2012, Goff et al., The evidence-based practice of psychotherapy: facing the challenges that lie ahead.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

I was definitely going to a psychiatric hospital, particularly since this was a weekend and my regular outpatient care team wasn’t available. Part 2: Orientation I’d been in a psychiatric hospital before, almost a year ago to the day. The woman did finally find her boyfriend, at another psychiatric hospital.) I exclaimed.