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Research Findings in Mental Health

Brief, easy-to-digest articles on the new and important research-based information and therapist resources for your clients.

How people adjust to changes in life: Coping is not uniform

There is a human tendency to want to categorize things simply. This is no different for therapists. We often want...
How people adjust to changes in life

Anniversary and holiday grief support

Experiences of grief can intensify at so many points in life. Especially during particular importance to a individual (e.g., anniversaries)...
Anniversary and holiday grief support

Critical incident stress debriefing controversy. Making things worse?

Exposure to memories and exploring meaning of traumatic events is an effective component of trauma treatments. So that must mean...
Critical incident stress debriefing could make things worse

Is trauma just about memory?

Some have called PTSD a disorder of memory. But can experiencing symptoms after a traumatic event just be due to...

Continuing Education and Trainings (CEs)

Curated, evidence-based CE trainings in therapy, assessment, and clinical practice — from the best sources, so you can spend less time searching and more time with your clients.

Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.

Okay. Stress and coping itself is not exactly “so retro”. It’s a continuing human experience since whenever we started encountering...
Stress and coping theory is so retro: From the 80s to today.

Treatment for prolonged grief disorder: Activating identity

Deep interactions with close loved ones provide an extreme amount of reward for us! They meet our biological need for...
Treatment for prolonged grief disorder, activating identity

Therapist Resources

Everything you need for evidence-based practice — research-backed resources built for clinicians.

psych medication information - Therapist resources homepage

Digestible info on what psychiatric medications treat
and how each class of medications acts in the brain

ICD - DSM diagnosis codes - Therapist resources homepage

Free ICD / DSM diagnosis codes look-up table
with diagnostic classification categories.

therapist books and self help books - Therapist resources homepage

Evidence-based treatment texts for therapists
to skills books / workbooks for clients

assessment - Therapist resources homepage

Free and validated assessment measures to
understand client difficulties or progress

Tech and Policy

News updates on tech and policy in mental health to stay informed on evidence-based practice.

Social media addiction settlement: Meta gives in

We recently wrote about a California court ruling that found Meta and Google liable for a users’ mental health. That...
Social media addiction settlement: Meta gives in

Screen addiction is related to suicide and mental health

Questions about the effects of screen time abound in our modern society. Does it really affect mental health or social...
Screen addiction

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