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People without jobs or secure housing have worse outcomes when treated for depression

MQ Mental Health

They found that after three to four months of treatment, unemployed patients had 28% worse depression symptoms than those who were employed. Homeowners’ depression symptoms were 18% better than for people who were homeless or living in hostels or with family and friends.*.

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The Clinical Interview In-person

University of Connecticut

We will explore how to gather the information you need for diagnosis and treatment planning, and hone your clinical interviewing skills. While many trainings examine symptoms, psychopathology, and existing diagnostic assessment tools, this seminar has the actual clinical interview at its focus.

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Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Do you hold implicit or explicit biases against the socio-political “Other” client, and how might those biases impact the therapeutic alliance, case conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment planning? Rotunda Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, at Chapman University. About the Author. Redding, J.D.,

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Adolescent Addiction

University of Connecticut

Learn strategies to create improved treatment plans that address the adolescent’s unique needs. . • explore the principles of addiction and how it affects the adolescent brain. review updated assessment tools for this subpopulation.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al., 2018) to inquire about families’ cultural identity at the outset of treatment (La Roche et al., at Florida International University. We recommend using psychometrically sound surveys (e.g., Morris, S.

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Uplifting Voices: Lifting Up The Voice of Those With Lived Experience in Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Tanatswa Chikarua, founder of the Ndinewe Foundation, a mental health organisation in Zimbabwe, is currently pursuing an MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. We are living in a time where people feel like “experiments” in bid to identify a personalized treatment plan.

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The Clinical Interview In-person

University of Connecticut

We will explore how to gather the information you need for diagnosis and treatment planning, and hone your clinical interviewing skills. While many trainings examine symptoms, psychopathology, and existing diagnostic assessment tools, this seminar has the actual clinical interview at its focus.