Two recent studies add to the evidence that team-based early intervention services are feasible in real-world health care settings and result in improved outcomes for patients. Source: NIH
California Psychiatry and Psychology Patient Services Resource
If you, dear reader, can indulge some slightly geeky calculations, I hope to show you that with daily exercise you can live a substantially longer and happier life. Indeed, per the time invested, exercise will benefit you more than smoking…
As I approach five years of www.TalkPsych.com commentary—which has settled into a weekly Thursday essay—I am tempted (given our now larger audience) to replay an occasional favorite. Here is my second focused essay, which still puts a smile on my…
Research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health has shown that a shorter therapy (written exposure therapy) may be just as effective as lengthier first-line treatments for PTSD. Source: NIH
Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kathryn DeLonga of the NIMH Mood Brain and Development Unit discusses treating depressed teens with a talk therapy called Behavioral Activation. Source: NIH
by Hanna Turken LP, BCD, LCSW The fifties could be the best of times or the worst of times. In a country where youth is so valued, to be fifty and not accomplished in your love and in your work…
by Detelina Stoykova, M.A., M.A. The myth of Oedipus the King and the eponymous Oedipus complex has ignited our imagination with its mystifying power. As the myth has been retold and has endured through ancient times, so have its interpretations.…
by Susan Kavaler-Adler, Ph.D., ABPP, D.Litt., NCPsyA (Presented at 2017 IFPE conference) Susan has six published books and over 70 articles (journal articles and edited book chapters.) Further information is available on her website at: www.kavaleradler.com The Three Forms of…
by Rachel Saks, Psy.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Chestnut Hill College. Maya Angelou once said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” This quote rings true as an essential aspect of human existence. Narratives are…
By Susan G. Burland, Ph.D. PART 1: Trauma and acknowledging/witnessing truth You have stolen my ocean, my swiftness, my soar, Delivered me to the clutch of uprupturing earth And for what? The mouth still moves though the man cannot. –…