The design and marketing of mental health chatbots may result in users’ misconceptions about their therapeutic value.
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AI-powered mental health chatbots have the advantage of being easily accessible. However, users may overestimate their therapeutic benefits and underestimate their limitations.
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Dungeons and Dragons may soon be used be psychotherapists.
Although medical doctors may be the first point of contact for children exploring their gender identity, many other professions can provide gender-affirming care, such as psychologists, social workers, teachers, counsellors and recreational coaches.
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Gender-affirming care assesses psychological, social, medical and surgical options for gender-diverse people.
Most child sexual abuse involves people the children know.
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With therapy and social support, children and adults who experienced child sexual abuse can regain a sense of control over their lives.
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The deeply flawed but intriguing Tony Soprano opened up a whole new world of complicated relatable characters that drew audiences in their millions.
CBT may help some women cope better with debilitating menopause symptoms.
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Critics of the latest menopause guidelines say they could scare women away from using HRT.
Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Chair Senator David Richards and Deputy Chair Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu at a news conference releasing the committee’s report on the need for psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans on Nov. 8, 2023 in Ottawa.
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One in seven Canadian veterans is living with PTSD. Developing a psychedelics research program for veterans should be a public health priority.
Psychologist and professor Monnica Williams, on the left with a patient, is advocating for psychedelics in therapy to heal racial trauma. Right: Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore.
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Clinical psychologist and professor Monnica Williams is on a mission to bring psychedelics to therapists’ offices to help people heal from their racial traumas. To do this, she’s jumping over some big hurdles.
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Allowing people to consent to ‘conversion therapy’ would contradict UK and international law.
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One treatment option for children’s trauma is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, or EMDR. Here’s how it works and what the research says about its effectiveness.
A lack of interest in the child is one of the signs of postpartum depression.
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Half a million new mothers in the US suffer from postpartum depression every year, yet a lack of awareness and stigma toward the condition keep many from getting the help they need.
Film therapy may help people process difficult emotions.
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‘Film therapy’ is a growing area of interest among experts.
Thoughts become works of art in this engineering class.
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Art and science combine in this engineering course to let students turn their brainwaves into creative works.
Medications can open a biological window of opportunity for psychotherapy to take advantage of.
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Combining psychotherapy with medication can lead to more immediate and enduring results by boosting the brain’s neuroplasticity.
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Claims regarding on these apps’ effectiveness are often based on less than robust findings.
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Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
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You have probably heard of ‘fight or flight’ responses to distressing situations. You may also be familiar with the tendency to ‘freeze’. But there is another response a person can have: ‘fawn’.
Music therapy is well-placed to provide support in addressing trauma and promoting wellbeing.
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Music therapy offers a flexible and accessible way of supporting wellbeing and addressing traumatic experiences.
Psychologists can be found in the public system (for example, schools, hospitals, public health offices), but increasingly are choosing to work in private practice, fee-for-service, clinics.
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Rural Canadians face challenges accessing mental health services, and an exodus of psychologists from the public system may make matters worse.
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Resistance, like Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy, uses its main character – a therapist, Nina – as a vehicle for others’ stories.