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Category: Clinical Psychology

Addressing the Portrayal of Mental Illness in Film and Television

With accessibility to film and television at an all-time high, this form of media reaches a very large audience. It is easy for us to get caught up in the plot of our favorite movie or TV show, without realizing the lasting effects that these films and shows have on the way we think and…

March 25, 2020
I’ve Been Thinking about Going to Therapy, Now What?

One of the biggest barriers to people seeking mental health treatment is not knowing how to connect with a therapist. How can you find a therapist? What questions should you ask prospective therapists?

April 22, 2019
Thinking about Schizophrenia: Evolutionary Explanations

How can debilitating mental illnesses like schizophrenia survive when evolution favors survival of the fittest? Evolutionary psychologists explore ways in which psychosis or psychosis-risk may have been advantageous for our ancestors.

February 15, 2019
Cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for anxiety and autism

This article was authored by Victor Rivera and Stacy Shaw as part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. One of the most pressing concerns in the field of developmental psychopathology, and for parents all over the world, is regarding the need of efficacious interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is a condition…

May 26, 2018
The Healthy and Unhealthy Sides of Calorie Counting and Fitness Tracking Technology

This article is authored by Wendy York and Danny Rahal as part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. With the growing popularity of health-tracking technology, teaching students of all ages about nutrition and overall health has the potential to become a more interactive learning experience than ever before. Health-tracking technology, commonly in the form…

May 19, 2018
Scaling the implementation cliff: strategies for increasing the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions in community settings

Behavioral health interventions yield much stronger outcomes in controlled research settings, as compared to the community settings in which they are most often applied. Adjustments in the training and development of community providers may help to address this gap.

February 15, 2018
Biological and Environmental Impacts on Emotion Regulation

A fundamental aspect of the human experience is undeniably emotion. Love, anger, happiness, fear: these are concepts that we are all intimately familiar with, but their subjective experience can vary widely person to person.

October 25, 2016
But what about GIRLS with ADHD?

Though ADHD is 2-3 times more prevalent in boys than girls, approximately 6% of girls are diagnosed with ADHD in childhood, which makes it one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in girls.

October 18, 2016
Outreach Event: Thought Suppression vs. Mindfulness!

Irene Tung led the yellow jeep activity based on Wegner’s classic white bear psychology study! Infinity, pizza, spiders, shoes, pizza, iPhones, sleep, pizza, code names, iPads, games, pizza… When we asked elementary students to think about anything these were the responses. However, when we asked elementary students to think about anything but a yellow jeep, the…

May 18, 2015
Surrendering to Creativity: The Psychology of Remembering to Breathe (Part 3 of 3)

Up until graduate school, I often indulged the myth that good writing was a sacred thing to be done under the most precise conditions. Akin to knowing without a timer when the soufflee has finished (sorry, I have holidays sweets on the mind), the creativity dedicated to a well-written piece had to be carefully cultured…

December 30, 2014

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