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Mental Disorders and Accountability: Is Everyone a Victim

WEBThe fact that mental health “disorders” are primarily classified by behavioral description (instead of by the disease process thought to underlie the behavior) only …

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Diagnostic Criteria for ‘Mental Disorders’: Treatment, Therapy and

WEBThe notion of a ‘mental disorder’ rests upon a particular model of so-called ‘normal’ functioning and observable deviations from that norm; this model fits only …

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The Oxford Handbook of Stress, Health, and Coping

WEBThe Oxford Handbook of Stress, Health, and Coping. Edited by S. Folkman, 2011. ISBN 9780195375343. Oxford University Press. 496 pages. If you’re a counsellor, …

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Talk to a Counselor or Therapist Online via Chat or Email

WEBTo get a question answered by a qualified mental health professional, a very low cost option enables you to connect with one of thousands of experts in mental …

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About the DSM, ICD and Diagnostic Categories

WEBTwo of the most commonly used standards for categorizing forms of psychological distress in the psychiatric profession are the Diagnostic and Statistical …

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How Long Is Too Long In Therapy

WEBMental health professionals see different kinds of people and for many different reasons. Even the most well adjusted folks can find themselves needing …

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Is Corporal Punishment a Cause of Mental Illness

WEBAlthough the correlation between harsh childhood physical discipline and mental illness in adulthood is strong, it can’t be directly inferred that there is a causal link …

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Clinical Supervision, Training and Development

WEBAll clinical material on this site is peer reviewed by one or more clinical psychologists or other qualified mental health professionals. This specific article was …

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Mental Health News

WEBThe latest news headlines in the fields of psychology and mental health from around the world… For the latest news specifically on clinical trials research …

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Supervision in Counselling and Therapy

WEBSupervision protects clients by involving an impartial third party in the work of a counsellor and client, helping to reduce the risk of serious oversight and helping the …

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Understanding “Splitting” as a Psychological Term

WEBAll clinical material on this site is peer reviewed by one or more clinical psychologists or other qualified mental health professionals. This specific article was …

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Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

WEBThe CES-D was developed in the 1970s by Lenore Radloff while she was a researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health. Almost 85% of those found to have …

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Person-Centred Counselling

WEBAs a result, person-centred theory takes these core conditions as both necessary and sufficient for therapeutic movement to occur — i.e., that if these core …

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The Underrated Emotion of Safety

WEBSimilarly, we will inevitably do things that make us hard to love. As the Buddha observed, most of us will grow old, become sick, and all of us will eventually die. A …

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Cost-Benefit Analysis in CBT: An Exercise in Behavioral Economics

WEBA thorough and accurate analysis will usually reveal how the benefits of a behavior — even the benefits of a problem behavior — have been outweighing the cost …

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My Philosophy of Supervision

WEBIn my view, the ultimate aim of supervision is to enable supervisees to enhance the service they offer to clients, and to safeguard and enhance their own well …

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My Client, The Liar

WEBThe most compliant clients may lie, and for the “best” of reasons. After a counselor has invested mightily in a client, and even though the client appreciates the …

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Illeism and Narcissism

WEBAll clinical material on this site is peer reviewed by one or more clinical psychologists or other qualified mental health professionals. This specific article was …

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Circumstantial Thinking: Does Stuff Really ‘Just Happen’

WEBAll clinical material on this site is peer reviewed by one or more clinical psychologists or other qualified mental health professionals. This specific article was …

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Diagnosing for Accuracy vs. Diagnosing for Reimbursement

WEBIn Argentina, where the overall cost of mental health services is lower, and the prevailing attitudes toward seeking such services is much more liberal (a higher …

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Client Feedback Forms: Feedback and Listening to Clients

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