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What Is and Is Not a Psychological Treatment?

Society of Clinical Psychology

The Society of Clinical Psychology maintains a list of empirically supported treatments (ESTs), using a set of requirements colloquially referred to as the “Tolin criteria” (Tolin et al., Psychiatric medications, for example, might address psychological problems but are obviously not psychological treatments. in press).

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Why won’t my child go to school? Recognising and managing school refusal

Lawson Psychology

The post Why won’t my child go to school? Recognising and managing school refusal appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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Tips and Resources for First-Year Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology

Society of Clinical Psychology

I remember entering my first year as graduate student in clinical psychology full of questions: What materials would I need? I had found many resources and tips on navigating the graduate school application process but comparatively fewer on how to actually be a graduate student. What would the next six years look like ? Double Dip.

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Why won’t my child go to school? Recognising and managing school refusal

Lawson Psychology

Why won’t my child go to school? Recognising and managing school refusal Many families experience difficulties related to school attendance. School refusal is a pattern of repeated absences from school, difficulties getting to school or leaving school early, which is often due to anxiety or mood difficulties.

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Managing back to school stress: part 2

Lawson Psychology

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Managing back to school stress

Lawson Psychology

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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

What do the experts know about school shootings, gun violence, and children? Gun violence is a public health problem, but it’s not all about school shootings. . It is essential to realize that school shootings make up a tiny percentage of youth firearms deaths. Of these youth, roughly half die from homicide (992).

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