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Teen Cutting

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Photo by Matthew Waring Signs, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment When confronted with intense emotions, some teens may turn to self-harm , such as cutting, as a means of coping. Familiarize yourself with this self-harming behavior so you'll know what to do when your teenager engages in it. What Is Teen Cutting?

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

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When attending national academic conferences in psychology, it is hard not to hear mention of mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. Alan Kazdin’s 2007 article, Mediators and Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy Research, still has lasting effects on the way psychologists think about therapy today. 2013; Cha et al., Dr. Mona A.

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

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Moreover, they are far more likely to die by suicide, to harm themselves and others in prison and to commit another crime on release. Prisons are hostile and often unsafe places, with high levels of violence and self-harm. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (3), 272-276. JAMA Psychiatry, 71 (6), 706-715.