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Featured Research Findings
Ozempic for alcohol misuse too??
New weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy are all the rage now. These mediations were originally developed to treat...
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Therapist resources for seasonal affective disorder
The colder months are a time when many individuals experience seasonal affective disorder. Some individuals even experience these symptoms in...
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Motivational Interviewing training: Foundations for change
Creating change can be one of the hardest things for many of us to do. Anything from quitting smoking to...
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New Years resolutions: Supporting client behavior change
Many individuals try to enact new years resolutions to make some change(s) in their lives. These changes are difficult to...
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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)...
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Holiday stress coping strategies for clients
So many of us experience higher levels of stress during the Holidays. That can add a lot for therapy clients...
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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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Research Findings
Are the stages of grief real?
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 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, 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)?
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 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?
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
Many of us have a tendency to focus more on negative experiences than positive or neutral ones. Researchers have consistently...
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Good vs bad: Bad is stronger than good
When it comes good vs bad, we are not saying that negative experiences are "better" or that evil wins over...
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“I think I have early-onset Alzheimer’s.”
"I can't remember anything these days! I must have early-onset Alzheimer's...." It is not uncommon to hear clients wonder whether...
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Is Adult ADHD real? Controversies and pitfalls
ADHD has affected many adults. But the concept of adult ADHD is actually controversial among researchers and neuropsychologists. This is...
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Never suppress?? Suppressing emotion and context
Never suppress your emotions? Giving clients the maxim "never suppress" is a behavior we may need to suppress. A lot...
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Prolonged grief disorder makes the cut!! (in DSM-5-TR)
Prolonged grief disorder is now a diagnosis in the new DSM-5-TR. So how cool are you to get to be...
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Myths of catharsis and emotional venting
The modern conceptualization of catharsis originated from Freud, Breuer, and their other colleagues. They described the process of "abreation" (the...
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Prolonged exposure therapy training for PTSD
Trauma and PTSD following a discrete traumatic event(s) is something the mental health field does well in treating. Mountains of...
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Types of narcissism: It’s not so cut and dry.
Narcissism has become a popular framework to explain behavior that appears dominant in workplaces and maladaptive or harmful in relationships....
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Bloody Depression! A blood test for depression??
Researchers at Indiana University have developed a blood test to identify depression and bipolar disorders. It is thought to have...
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“Trauma-informed care”: Roots and directions
Many now refer to "trauma-informed care" as any assessment or intervention that acknowledges the possibility of a traumatic event(s). It...
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Psychedelic assisted therapy: All the rage.
There is no doubt that people who experience depression, anxiety, PTSD, and a number of other conditions can feel trapped...
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VR shows promise for pain psychology
Continued research has led chronic pain psychology and treatment to focus increasingly on cognitive-behavioral methods for managing pain (e.g., cognitive...
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Brain inflammation and depression
Recent research has found that depression may constitute a response to inflammation in the brain. Inflammation happens when you get...
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Curated Research Findings
bridge finds and posts high quality articles discussing therapist resources and research important to the mental health field. New articles posted weekly and directly linked here!
- Why the “optimism bias” rules our hopes for the futureby Sumit Paul-Choudhury on January 17, 2025 at 12:48 am
What actually is optimism? One approach is to consider it as a psychological trait — an individual personality characteristic that affects an …
- From Wages to Wellness: The Hidden Fight Against Suicideby By on January 17, 2025 at 12:43 am
New York University researchers have explored how a variety of public policies — not just those explicitly targeting mental health — can effectively …
- Ketamine Reduces “Giving Up” by Targeting Brain Support Cellsby Neuroscience News on January 17, 2025 at 12:41 am
Researchers have found that ketamine’s antidepressant effects target astroglia, a type of brain support cell, rather than neurons, challenging …
- New Hope for Rapid-Acting Depression Treatmenton November 7, 2024 at 10:53 pm
A new study, funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, showed that a new medication derived from ketamine is safe and acceptable for …
- Dandelion or orchid, early sensitivity shapes kids’ mental health journeysby Emily Reynolds on November 7, 2024 at 10:52 pm
Differences in sensitivity in young people are sometimes referred to as the "dandelion–orchid" dichotomy: 'orchid' children, like the flowers, are …
- Can a Mother’s Mental Health Impact a Baby in the Womb?by Daliah Singer on November 7, 2024 at 10:38 pm
Lying on the hospital bed with two elastic belts wrapped around my pregnant belly, I was doing my best to focus on the intake nurse’s questions: Have …
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