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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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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Emotional, physical or psychological abuse has hugely detrimental effects on mental health, particularly at formative years of childhood as it may lead to development of cPTSD. Children can experience ongoing stressful situations and this may lead to children developing mental illnesses such as Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or cPTSD.

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Members in the News – August 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Lily Thrope is a member of NASW-NYC: My Son, Superhero In Training Romper I asked Lily Thrope , a licensed clinical social worker and certified intuitive eating counselor , about red flags for parents when it comes to behavioral or psychological shifts along these lines. I am a native New Yorker but relocated.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Emotional, physical or psychological abuse has hugely detrimental effects on mental health, particularly at formative years of childhood as it may lead to development of cPTSD. Children can experience ongoing stressful situations and this may lead to children developing mental illnesses such as Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or cPTSD.

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The Promise of Transdiagnostic Treatments for Anxiety Disorders

Society of Clinical Psychology

Significant progress has been made in recent decades in identifying effective psychosocial treatments for anxiety and mood disorders. Barlow is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Clinical Psychological Science, 2(3), 344-365.

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

As we have started to investigate reasons why evidence-based psychosocial treatments (EBPTs) aren’t widely used in everyday practice, a new area of research, implementation science, has emerged. Shannon Wiltsey Stirman is a Psychologist at the National Center for PTSD and an Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.