State mental-health privacy lawsMay 1, 2019
Mental Health Laws Afford Key Legal Protections
As a family-focused mental health attorney, I routinely explain to individuals and families the rights afforded to them under ...
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AddictionApr 30, 2019
Dopamine and Addiction: Separating Myths and Facts
You’ve probably heard of dopamine as a “pleasure chemical” that’s been associated with addiction. Think of the term ...
School & EducationApr 24, 2019
How I’d Practice School Psychology
It’s been a long time since I’ve been a school psychologist, and my conversations with current ones indicate that the field ...
InsomniaApr 20, 2019
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (CBTi) Defined
When I discuss cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) with patients, naturally their first question is “What is that?” ...
WorkplaceApr 15, 2019
Do Wellness Programs Work?
Workplace wellness programs have been touted as a powerful tool that can make employees healthier and more productive while ...
Pediatric health psychologyApr 12, 2019
Understanding Intersectionality in Health Psychology
Darryl Sweeper, Jr., MA, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student at William James College. https://www.linkedin.com/in/darryl ...
Clinical PsychologyApr 8, 2019
APA Handbook of Psychopharmacology
The APA Handbook of Psychopharmacology provides a comprehensive working knowledge of basic pharmacology and psychopharmacology ...
Person-centered therapyApr 6, 2019
From Insane Asylums to Whole-Health, Person-Centered Care
We can be proud, by this time, to say that our mental health care system is increasingly person-centered. Now, health care transformation efforts are innovating new value-based models that incentivize ...
AddictionApr 4, 2019
Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken 'critical period' in brain to help treat PTSD
Neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a 'critical period,' when the brain is sensitive to learning the reward value of social behaviors. The findings may explain why…
ResearchApr 3, 2019
The Psychology of Suicide: From Research Understandings to Intervention and Treatment
Suicide and suicidal behavior are major health problems, throughout the world. Close to one million people die by suicide ...
AddictionApr 3, 2019
Psychostimulants play a major role in fatal strokes among young adults
An estimated 76 million people use psychostimulants, which include illicit drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, as well as prescription stimulants. A new study from Australia is…
Child PsychologyMar 30, 2019
Public urged to view autism differently in awareness campaign
This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by ...
Family & RelationshipsMar 28, 2019
What's Keeping Me in a Dying Relationship?
Some are still in love and are just not yet ready to give up, but the negatives are mounting and they are not healing the way ...
Suicide-risk assessmentMar 27, 2019
Clinician's Corner: A Brief Guide to Suicide Risk Assessment
Suicide can be a taboo subject. For some people, it is an uncomfortable discussion and many parents are reluctant to discuss ...
TraumaMar 26, 2019
Can the legacy of trauma be passed down the generations?
Our children and grandchildren are shaped by the genes they inherit from us, but new research is revealing that experiences of ...
AddictionMar 25, 2019
Scientists home in on microRNA processing for novel cancer therapies
More than a decade of research on the mda-7/IL-24 gene has shown that it helps to suppress a majority of cancer types, and now scientists are focusing on how the gene drives this process by influencing microRNAs. The…
Child PsychologyMar 20, 2019
Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD
Researchers evaluated the two most common ADHD treatments and found that, although the risk of psychosis is low, it is greater for patients who are taking amphetamines than for those taking methylphenidates.
Social MediaMar 17, 2019
Social media addiction should be seen as a disease, MPs say
UK report suggests sites such as Facebook and Instagram could be harming mental health Social media addiction should be ...
RansomwareMar 14, 2019
Mental Healthcare Providers Respond to Ransomware Attacks
Two recent ransomware attacks on mental healthcare providers are reminders of the security incident response and risk mitigation ...
Adverse-event reportingMar 11, 2019
Linked: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health + Addiction
It will come as no surprise to you that childhood trauma, particularly unresolved trauma, can lead to mental health issues and addiction later in life. While less was known about the specific ...
Social MediaMar 6, 2019
Screen Time and Children’s Health
There has been concern, for some time, about the impact of screen time on children’s health; in particular, does time spent on ...
Legal & RegulationsMar 6, 2019
Time to consider compulsory registration, regulation for psychologists
As a clinical psychologist trained in Singapore, I am compelled to write this letter after the HIV data leak by the self ...
Child PsychologyMar 5, 2019
1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions
One in three students with ADHD received no school-based interventions and two of three received no classroom management, researchers found in the largest study of children and teens with ADHD ever conducted. At least…
Clinical PsychologyFeb 26, 2019
What is Psychopharmacology?
Psychopharmacology is a field, which analyses the impact of different drugs on the mental health of patients. It considers how ...
Child PsychologyFeb 25, 2019
ADHD drug Ritalin has no effect on primate prefrontal cortex
In contrast to studies of mice and rats, new research investigating the effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on neuronal activity in monkeys has found no effect of the drug on the prefrontal cortex. The study leaves open…
Fire-setting behaviorFeb 25, 2019
Psychology on Fire
Professional psychology has been recognized in law enforcement since the late 1960s and 1970s during the development of formal ...
TraumaFeb 24, 2019
Psychological and Brain Connectivity Changes Following Trauma-Focused CBT and EMDR Treatment in Single-Episode PTSD Patients
Among the different therapeutic alternatives for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral ...
Child PsychologyFeb 19, 2019
Children with autism, co-occurring ADHD symptoms lag in key measures of independence
A pair of new studies has provided new insight into the challenges faced by children on the autism spectrum who exhibit symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to the findings, these…
ProfessionFeb 18, 2019
The legal profession is rife with prejudice – I’ve seen it first-hand
As a junior barrister in 2015, I went public about sexual harassment. Attitudes haven’t changed a bit since then The barrister ...
CounselingFeb 15, 2019
Ethical Dilemmas in Counseling
Ethical dilemmas are important puzzles with no easy answers but are fun to contemplate. Of course, they exist in all forms of ...