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Featured Research Findings

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.
Continuing Ed. Research

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Treating trauma at the same time as comorbid substance abuse may sound pretty obvious. Both treatments at the same time...
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Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when
Research

Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

We’ve all heard the term “self-help.” You’ve probably even been offered a self-help program promising perfect confidence or consistently good...
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Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.
Research

Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

I'm sure we have all heard clients talk about memory difficulties. Many of them even attribute memory problems to having...
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Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs
Research

Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs

We have probably all had this moment in our work: does this individual experience borderline personality disorder? This is a...
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Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?
Research

Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?

Sleep and PTSD don't always mix. Many people suffering from PTSD report nightmares that not only frighten, but also impact...
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AI for mental health diagnosis
Research Tech

AI for mental health diagnosis

A machine that can diagnose disorders? Well, it may not be too surprising with everything AI seems to be able...
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Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health
Policy Research

Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health

Therapists and researchers alike often emphasize the importance of social support. A few inverse experiences of feeling supported - loneliness...
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Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma
Continuing Ed. Research

Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma

We all know being a therapist ain't easy. Mental health professionals rack up hundreds of hours hearing about clients' difficulties....
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Research Findings

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Trauma and substance abuse treatment meet: the COPE method.

Continuing Ed. Research
Treating trauma at the same time as comorbid substance abuse may sound pretty obvious. Both treatments at the same time...
Read More
Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

Self-help therapy: The what, why, and when

Research
We’ve all heard the term “self-help.” You’ve probably even been offered a self-help program promising perfect confidence or consistently good...
Read More
Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

Memory loss and anxiety or other difficulties.

Research
I'm sure we have all heard clients talk about memory difficulties. Many of them even attribute memory problems to having...
Read More
Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs

Borderline personality disorder assessment tools and rule outs

Research
We have probably all had this moment in our work: does this individual experience borderline personality disorder? This is a...
Read More
Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?

Healing rest: sleep and PTSD treatment meet?

Research
Sleep and PTSD don't always mix. Many people suffering from PTSD report nightmares that not only frighten, but also impact...
Read More
AI for mental health diagnosis

AI for mental health diagnosis

Research Tech
A machine that can diagnose disorders? Well, it may not be too surprising with everything AI seems to be able...
Read More
Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health

Multiple negative effects of loneliness on health

Policy Research
Therapists and researchers alike often emphasize the importance of social support. A few inverse experiences of feeling supported - loneliness...
Read More
Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma

Coping with compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma

Continuing Ed. Research
We all know being a therapist ain't easy. Mental health professionals rack up hundreds of hours hearing about clients' difficulties....
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Keto: Eating your way to reduced bipolar symptoms?

Keto: Eating your way to reduced bipolar symptoms?

Research
Healthy diet is consistently correlated with improvements to mental health, but what if a keto specific diet could help certain...
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Treatment for prolonged grief disorder: Activating identity

Treatment for prolonged grief disorder: Activating identity

Continuing Ed. Research
Deep interactions with close loved ones provide an extreme amount of reward for us! They meet our biological need for...
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Loneliness and memory loss are linked

Loneliness and memory loss are linked

Research
In a post-pandemic world where loneliness has increased, it is important to explore how loneliness and memory loss may be...
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Mental health terminology gap widens: Therapy speak abounds.

Mental health terminology gap widens: Therapy speak abounds.

Policy Research
Many therapists have noticed clients have increasingly come to therapy talking about difficulties in a whole new "therapy speak". Clients...
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Exposure therapy training for anxiety disorders

Exposure therapy training for anxiety disorders

Continuing Ed. Research
Exposure therapy for anxiety forms the basis for so many of our most effective approaches in mental health. Exposure helps...
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Do mental health research studies care about clients?

Do mental health research studies care about clients?

Research
For many therapists, it can seem like mental health research studies try to "put people in a box". It may...
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Correlations between sleep and resilience?

Correlations between sleep and resilience?

Research
Many of us agree that sleep is wonderful. Whether this is personal opinion or therapeutic guidance may depend on the...
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Theory of social support: A strong predictor of adjustment

Theory of social support: A strong predictor of adjustment

Research
Many of us know how nothing is 100% in mental health. One event or pattern of behavior does not mean...
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Medication Management for ADHD and bipolar

Medication Management for ADHD and bipolar

Research
Using medication to treat ADHD and bipolar doesn't have to be complicated. Both disorders contain abnormalities in the signaling of...
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Attachment training for therapists: Building secure to prevent suicide

Attachment training for therapists: Building secure to prevent suicide

Continuing Ed. Research
Attachment styles and issues related to attachment have become extremely popular for clients and clinicians alike. The effects of attachment...
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Portable brain stimulation for anxiety and other conditions

Portable brain stimulation for anxiety and other conditions

Research Tech
Luck of the Irish, aye? Well in this case, we could call it skill. The Belfast-based startup Neurovalens has been...
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Smart drugs hurt performance for people without ADHD.

Smart drugs hurt performance for people without ADHD.

Research
Many form the impression that drugs for ADHD can enhance their attention and cognitive abilities, even if they don't have...
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