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Evidence-based manualized treatments: Pros versus noes
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Evidence-based manualized treatments: Pros versus noes

Alright, we really just wanted to make a snazzy title that rhymed. There really are no "noes" when it comes...
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How people make change in therapy to improve mental health
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How people make change in therapy to improve mental health

To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month this May, we thought we'd talk some fundamentals of therapy. I mean, the...
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Seek pleasure and avoid pain: More 80s retro theories for therapy
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Seek pleasure and avoid pain: More 80s retro theories for therapy

The history of mental health has assumed that we humans do whatever possible to seek pleasure and avoid pain. The...
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Specific substance use treatments: Therapist training & resources
Continuing Ed. Research

Specific substance use treatments: Therapist training & resources

Treatments for alcohol and substance use disorders often use methods originally developed for other mental health concerns. Research shows promising...
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Serotonin’s role in mental health is now in question
Policy Research

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. Understanding serotonin's role in mental...
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Alcohol use disorder: Research says still common but undertreated
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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
Continuing Ed. Research

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
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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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Research Findings

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?

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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?

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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

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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

Policy 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.

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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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More evidence on the impact of childhood abuse

More evidence on the impact of childhood abuse

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It is no secret that childhood abuse and neglect have a negative impact on adult mental health. For more than...
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Positive Childhood Experiences

Positive Childhood Experiences

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Move over adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), positive childhood experiences are coming to town! Many people in the mental health field...
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What is the best substance abuse treatment?

What is the best substance abuse treatment?

Policy Research
How to best to approach substance abuse is a big and complex question for clinicians, researchers, and public policy officials....
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Did the pandemic cause sudden personality change?

Did the pandemic cause sudden personality change?

Research
Mountains of research on the effectiveness of structured psychotherapies tell us that relatively quick changes in individual responses and behaviors...
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Psychedelic therapy does not treat everything

Psychedelic therapy does not treat everything

Policy Research
Does it seem like whenever an exciting new treatment or innovation comes along, it gets applied to everything? That may...
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Is Borderline really a personality disorder?

Is Borderline really a personality disorder?

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There is currently a debate raging: is borderline personality disorder (BPD) actually a personality disorder? Some experts argue against the...
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Critical incident stress debriefing could make things worse

Critical incident stress debriefing could make things worse

Continuing Ed. Research
Exposure to memories and exploring meaning of traumatic events is an effective component of trauma treatments. So that must mean...
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Psychosis in the veins

Psychosis in the veins

Research Tech
Blood tests are becoming more advanced in the mental health world, with a new test coming out later this year...
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Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions

Emotion and motivation: Why we regulate emotions

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Why we have emotions at all is an age-old question. But why people manage emotions in certain ways and the...
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Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.

Does anxiety decrease with age? Recent spikes in youth anxiety.

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As we age, do we get wiser and less reactive? Does anxiety decrease with age? Who can remember their parents...
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Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features

Bipolar psychosis: Its own brand of psychotic features

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Bipolar psychosis can be a lot for anyone to deal with. It can also be challenging for the clinician to...
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