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Featured Research Findings

Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.
Research

Ozempic and eating disorders: Not a miracle drug.

New weight loss medications are all the rage. The weight loss benefits seem too good to be true and many...
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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
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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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Research Findings

Is trauma just about memory?

Is trauma just about memory?

Research
Some have called PTSD a disorder of memory. But can experiencing symptoms after a traumatic event just be due to...
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Are there really 7 types of ADHD?

Are there really 7 types of ADHD?

Research
A recent popular theory proposes 7 types of ADHD. This concept may be appealing for some clients and clinicians to...
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Does manifesting work?

Does manifesting work?

Research
"Put it out into the universe and it will come true." "If you believe it, it will manifest into existence."...
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Nature AND nurture?

Nature AND nurture?

Research
So are we completely a product of our environment or is this stuff all just preset by genetics? This age-old...
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Adult vs. Adolescent Eating Disorders

Adult vs. Adolescent Eating Disorders

Research
Eating disorders are a complex mental condition that may necessitate different treatment based on life stage and medical needs. Assessing...
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How to choose inpatient care for eating disorders

How to choose inpatient care for eating disorders

Research
Eating disorders come with high physical and emotional risk to the client. There’s also high potential for a lot of...
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Treatment of trauma and shame

Treatment of trauma and shame

Continuing Ed. Research
So trauma isn't all just based on fear?? Shame has been increasingly recognized as a key component of PTSD reactions...
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CBT for insomnia (CBTi): Training, research, and resources

CBT for insomnia (CBTi): Training, research, and resources

Continuing Ed. Research
Complaints about sleep and insomnia are something we hear from clients all the time. There are medical reasons for some...
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Depression in Children

Depression in Children

Research
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that depression diagnoses increased by 27% for children ages three to seventeen between...
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Suppression does not lead to emotional rebound.

Suppression does not lead to emotional rebound.

Research
"If you hold those emotions in they will just explode later." "Emotions I hold in come back stronger later." "Pent...
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Using VR for mental health treatment

Using VR for mental health treatment

Research Tech
VR for mental health treatment?? Wait.... Does that really work? Researchers have examined virtual reality (VR) for treating mental health...
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Why do we have emotions?: An influential theory

Why do we have emotions?: An influential theory

Research
Why do we have emotions? Why do we seem to emote differently than other animals? How do other processes like...
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Motivational Interviewing in Substance Use Treatment

Motivational Interviewing in Substance Use Treatment

Continuing Ed. Research
Motivational interviewing helps a wide range of clients who walk through our doors to move from a state of ambivalence...
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Are the stages of grief real?

Are the stages of grief real?

Research
Most all clinicians and researchers agree that there is no "right" or "wrong" way to grieve. Kubler-Ross' 5-stage grief model...
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Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD

Continuing Ed. Research
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for PTSD was initially developed in the early 1990s for victims of sexual assault. Patricia Resick...
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), simplified

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), simplified

Research
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS, or rTMS when used repeatedly) is a modern treatment for a number of psychological and neurological...
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Tele-health Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs)?

Tele-health Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs)?

Research
Mental health sometimes requires many types of support - from intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to support groups to monthly "tune...
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Suicide risk and treatment in tele-health

Suicide risk and treatment in tele-health

Continuing Ed. Research
Suicide is the most fatal and urgent topic in all of mental health. And it's no wonder licensing jurisdictions require...
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One T for trauma?

One T for trauma?

Research
Some have started to use the terms "Big T" vs "little t" to describe traumatic stress reactions like PTSD vs...
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Attentional bias: A big culprit

Attentional bias: A big culprit

Research
Many of us have a tendency to focus more on negative experiences than positive or neutral ones. Researchers have consistently...
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