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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
Correlations between sleep and resilience?
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
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
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 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
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.
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
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
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?
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
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.
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 can be a lot for anyone to deal with. It can also be challenging for the clinician to...
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Obsession with happiness and finding contentment.
We all want to be experience happiness as much as possible. Clients especially want that, but often find it elusive....
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Bipolar I and II: Can therapy really help?
Medication management is vital to the treatment of bipolar, but does therapy have an impact on symptoms? With a myriad...
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Behavioral activation: Literal and figurative movement.
We've all heard the maxim "just do what you love". But that's often easier said than done. Especially for so...
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