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Featured Research Findings
Serotonin’s role in mental health is now in question
Serotonin imbalances in the brain have become a popular explanation for depression, anxiety, and OCD. The understanding of serotonin's role...
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Alcohol use disorder: Research says still common but undertreated
Alcohol use disorder is still extremely common. Despite declines in alcohol use among youth in the US, research finds that...
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The psychology of chronic pain: Trainings and how therapists help
Surprise, surprise: many patients with physical pain also experience emotional pain. This mind-body connection is strong for chronic pain. This...
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Postpartum depression updates: Research and treatment to know
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s old school short story, The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) offers a chilling depiction of postpartum depression. This depression...
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Therapy approach for bipolar disorders: Training and resources
Medication has long reigned supreme as the key treatment for bipolar disorder. And in many ways, that is still the...
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Effects of cannabis: What to know from new mental health research
What's up with the wacky weed? Does it help? Does it not help? Clients often believe it helps them. But...
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Self-harm and nonsuicidal self-injury: What to know and what to do
Self-harm and self-injury come when an individual harms themselves physically. Nonsuicidal self-injury is not intended to lead to suicide, but...
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Research Findings
Emotionally pushing clients in therapy: Is it bad to stress them out?
Most mental health professionals do not want to do anything to make their clients distressed in therapy sessions. In particular,...
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What happened to Freud’s psychoanalysis?
Remember when you first heard about Freud's theory of the mind? Id and it's struggles to break through to the...
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AI for suicide prevention: High hopes, but still more to learn
Research shows doctors and clinicians are often unable to accurately predict suicide. As if suicide wasn't sad and humbling enough...
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Suicide risk assessment: How accurate are professionals?
Being able to predict the future with 100% certainty is not possible. That’s the case for anything in life, but...
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Are personalized treatment approaches really more helpful?
Most evidence-based treatment approaches for common mental health concerns are pretty effective. There are even ways to make therapy even...
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“Shoulding all over yourself.” How to work with self-critical thoughts
“I shouldn’t think so negatively all the time.” “I should have told her I loved her more.” “I should have...
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Why EMDR for trauma is not “strongly recommended”.
It's not that it's not popular. EMDR has become an extremely popular treatment. And many clinicians advocate great gains in...
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Social Skills Training (SST): Benefits and continuing ed.
We have probably all seen times when clients express difficulties with social interactions. Sometimes this can be due to things...
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Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) training: Where to find it.
A couple things may come to mind when we hear about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression. Like, "it’s just therapy...
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How to make therapy more effective: Memory and habit formation
Mental health professionals like to think we do effective work with clients. We like to think we are badasses for...
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Harm reduction for addiction: Not just ensuring safety
Harm reduction is an evidence-based, if controversial, approach to substance use difficulties. Many individuals as well as some clinicians believe...
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Somatic Experiencing for trauma: Concepts and efficacy
Body-oriented approaches for treating post-traumatic symptoms, such as Somatic Experiencing®, are increasing in popularity. But what does the research say...
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Forgiveness for clients: Easier said but possible.
Forgiveness has been around forever. Multiple religions promote forgiveness as a key action when the world gets difficult. And for...
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ACT foundations and therapist training
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is therapy approach that helps clients learn new ways of approaching difficult experiences. The idea...
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Scaffolding in therapy: Not just for schools or parents
Ahhh scaffolding…. You may see it in many places. From developmental psych textbooks to business management trainings. But therapists can...
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Valid personality tests: Not all tests are created equal
We’ve described how some personality tests are either problematic or just not all that accurate or helpful. So which tests...
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Complicated grief therapy training and research: What to know
There have been a lot of new, exciting advances in our understanding and treatment of complicated grief (aka prolonged grief)....
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Does somatic breathwork work? Yeses, noes, and how to help
Breathwork became an extremely popular approach to mental health in recent years. It is sometimes used as a therapist resource...
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Depression updates: A guide to new directions for an old difficulty
It seems like wherever you look these days, you don't hear many clinicians say "I treat depression" or "I'm a...
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Department of Education mental health cuts
The Department of Education announced that it will cut funding for mental health services provided to qualifying school districts across...
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