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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
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 training: How to approach, assess, and help clients
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
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