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Emotional Support Animals: Considering the Ramifications

Society of Clinical Psychology

Within days after receiving my master’s-level license to practice psychotherapy in Michigan, two acquaintances asked me to write them letters which they could use in order to obtain an emotional support animal (ESA). University of Louisville Law Review , 48 , 197-220. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 48 (3), 216-223.

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Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

Society of Clinical Psychology

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). Kate MacDuffie is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Duke University.

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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. Schizophrenia? I worked at a university for about ten years. Better safe than sorry.