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Archives for: June 20th, 2025

Empowering Parents to Navigate Cultural and Racial Stress in Black Youth (Archived)

Written by [email protected] on June 20, 2025

Dr. Erlanger “Earl” Turner will explore the psychological impact of racial discrimination and cultural stress on Black youth. Despite the prevalence of these stressors, approximately 80% of Black youth in need of mental health services do not receive care. With racism accounting for 63% of media-reported and 33% of educator-reported incidents, the need for culturally […]

Time-Out in Child Behavior Management

Written by [email protected] on May 14, 2025

The series Advances in Psychotherapy – Evidence-Based Practice provides readers with practical evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common disorders seen in clinical practice in a compact, reader-friendly manner.

The Youth Mental Health Crisis, Social Identity, and Psychodynamic Care (Archived)

Written by [email protected] on May 7, 2025

The youth mental health crisis has been growing for over a decade, with its boiling point arriving in the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic era. This crisis is characterized by increases in acute psychiatric concerns like suicidal thoughts and behavior and flourishing interest in self-diagnosis. Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic perspectives on youth development highlight elements of the […]

Emotional Intelligence in Practice: Supporting Client Growth and Clinician Care (Archived)

Written by [email protected] on April 9, 2025

Dr. Melanie McNally will explore the powerful role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in enhancing therapeutic outcomes for adolescent clients, focusing on how EI promotes emotional and behavioral change. She will discuss key dimensions of EI—self-awareness, social awareness, self-regulation, and the effective use of emotions—and how these skills can be integrated into therapy. Dr. McNally will […]

About Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (Archived)

Written by [email protected] on December 5, 2024

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as a DSM condition was first described by the American Psychiatric Association in 1987. It is characterized as a ‘motor’ disorder that negatively affects a person’s motor skill acquisition and performances at home, at school, during play and leisure, and into one’s vocational training and employment settings. However, researchers and clinicians […]

Childhood Maltreatment

Written by [email protected] on October 23, 2024

The series Advances in Psychotherapy – Evidence-Based Practice provides readers with practical evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common disorders seen in clinical practice in a compact, reader-friendly manner.

Suicide Prevention and Juvenile Re-Entry: Family as the Focal Point

Written by [email protected] on September 27, 2024

Abbreviations: Sequential Intercept Model (SIM), Intensive In‐ home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS), Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Scale (C-SSRS), Ask Suicide Questions (ASQ), Safety Planning Intervention (SPI), Global Impression Score (GIS), Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ), Childhood PTSD Symptom Scale 5 (CPSS-5) Introduction This paper will present a vignette with the approach of an in-home, family-based therapeutic service provided to an adolescent re-entering […]

Supporting Youth and Families in the Digital Age (Archived)

Written by [email protected] on September 18, 2024

Dr. Jensen summarizes the research base on adolescent technology engagement and mental health, with an emphasis on specific features and affordances of different types of technology engagement rather than “screen time.” She covers effective media parenting strategies (e.g., limit setting, monitoring, co-use), tailored to developmental stage/age. Finally, Dr. Jensen discusses how clinicians can help clients […]

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