As a clinical psychologist using CBT with my patients, I can attest to its efficacy – but I’ve also seen that it doesn’t work for everyone.
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Knowing which kind of provider to see and how to access help can be half the battle.
Some patients report that SSRIs are helpful – even essential – in the management of mental health. Others, however, complain of being turned into zombies. Psychotherapy is an effective alternative.
Rather than asking ‘who is at risk?’ of suicide we should also ask ‘when is a person at risk?’ Our preliminary research shows this has promise.
Research decisions made by clinical psychologists in the 1970s can help explain why so many people, myself included, struggle to make sense of our obsessional thoughts.
Millions of young people in the US are suffering, whether from abuse at home, pressure from social media or exposure to violence. But navigating the mental health care system can be disheartening.
Claims regarding on these apps’ effectiveness are often based on less than robust findings.
Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.
Many stressors may be coming from interactions with technology: small but frequent frustrations that quickly dissipate, but when added up trigger digital distress.
New Zealand’s acute mental health facilities are not fit for purpose. Although many inpatients are grateful for medication, they lament the lack of access to psychologists and therapeutic activities.
Men, older adults, people with language barriers and racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to be screened for depression.
Pharmacists develop basic mental health knowledge as part of their formal training. But they report a lack the confidence about raising mental health issues with patients.
Research on the impacts on schooling of COVID and bushfire and flood disasters has found academically the kids are mostly OK. It’s their well-being and recovery from trauma that demand our attention.
The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.
Without funding and thorough resources, reforms to our mental health care system will not be effective.
Psychologists have mental health difficulties and illnesses at the same rate as the general population – but the profession has long stigmatized talking about them in public.
Many autistic people struggle to get mental health support, or are missed by the healthcare system entirely.
Mental health charities that provide support via text message have come under fire for sharing users anonymised data.
Our research investigates the connections among mental health, holistic well-being and relational virtues – ideas that many people think of as ethical or religious.
Top contributors
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Occupational Therapist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Chair professor, University of Liverpool
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Psychiatry, Director of National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University
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Clinical Psychologist, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in urban horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Social Work; McSilver Faculty Fellow, New York University
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Consultant Psychiatrist Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor in Psychotherapy, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, Dublin City University
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Research co-ordinator, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Population Mental Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Hertfordshire
