Transcending self therapy: Four-session individual integrative cognitive-behavioral treatment: A case report.
We present a successful application of Transcending Self Therapy: Four-Session Individual Integrative Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (Individual TST-I-CBT), that helped a male combat veteran with Alcohol Use Disorder, Severe, and PTSD enter recovery and reduce depressive symptoms. Session 1 focused on problem solving and behaviors; Session 2 centered on checking and changing thoughts; Session 3 emphasized behaviors, thoughts, and coping; and Session 4 consisted of review and finalizing the recovery plan. After the second Individual TST-I-CBT session, he was abstinent from alcohol use and remained abstinent throughout the r...
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Testing assumptions about peer support specialists’ susceptibility to stress.
This study is among the first to characterize stress among PSs, compared to data on other groups. Seven hundred and thirty-eight PSs working in U.S. mental health settings completed a cross-sectional online survey that included the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Participants’ scores were compared with those obtained in prior samples of nonreferred adults and nonpeer clinicians. Comparisons are stratified by PSs’ level of current symptoms, assessed with the Brief Symptom Inventory. As a group, PSs experienced low to moderate levels of general and wo...
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Enhancing child mental health in school and community settings: A pilot study of the kids’ empowerment program.
Many children experience serious mental health problems that, if left untreated, have long-term consequences for their optimal development. Many more have symptoms that fall below clinical thresholds and remain untreated. Yet there are substantial barriers to receiving help. A newly developed preventive intervention program focused on promoting emotional well-being was provided to children in school and community settings and evaluated to assess its effects on mental health outcomes of children’s anxiety and depression. Participants in both intervention and control groups completed standardized measures of mental health ...
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The role of the consultant in consultation for an evidence-based treatment for PTSD.
This article outlines potential reasons for consultant effects and possible biases at play that may reduce the accuracy of consultant perceptions and presents suggestions on alternative strategies to assess clinician skill during consultation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychology, politics, and female empowerment: An interview with Dr. Bobbie Celeste.
In the following interview, Bobbie Celeste, PhD, reflects on her experiences as a counseling psychologist, longtime social justice advocate, and founder and codirector of the Women’s Political Leadership Circles. She provides specific details regarding her path to her current position, the nature of her work (i.e., setting, duties, challenges), and her hopes for the future. She also reflects on what she has learned over the years and provides guidance for mental health professionals interested in pursuing political advocacy work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
"Observations from the national implementation of Measurement Based Care in Mental Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs": Correction.
Reports an error in "Observations from the national implementation of Measurement Based Care in Mental Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs" by Sandra G. Resnick and Rani A. Hoff (Psychological Services, 2020[Aug], Vol 17[3], 238-246). In the original article, the data reported in Figure 1 are incorrect. The baseline data point (FY16Q3) is 16.8% for Champion Sites, and 16.6% for non-Champion Sites. The final data point (FY18Q3) is 28.8% for Champion Sites, and 26.1% for non-Champion Sites. The corrected Figure 1 is present in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2019-24508...
Source: Psychological Services - November 4, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and PTSD outcomes during group cognitive processing therapy for PTSD.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 751-759; doi:10.1037/ser0000546Emotion regulation difficulties (difficulty regulating the experience, occurrence, and expression of emotions) are associated with the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms across trauma types (e.g., childhood abuse, sexual assault, combat trauma). Despite emerging research suggesting that evidence-based treatments for PTSD, including cognitive processing therapy (CPT), are effective in improving emotion regulation difficulties, some have argued that these therapies may not be as safe or acceptable to patients compared to non-tr...
Source: Psychological Services - October 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and PTSD outcomes during group cognitive processing therapy for PTSD.
Emotion regulation difficulties (difficulty regulating the experience, occurrence, and expression of emotions) are associated with the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms across trauma types (e.g., childhood abuse, sexual assault, combat trauma). Despite emerging research suggesting that evidence-based treatments for PTSD, including cognitive processing therapy (CPT), are effective in improving emotion regulation difficulties, some have argued that these therapies may not be as safe or acceptable to patients compared to non-trauma focused treatments. Accordingly, the current study sought to determine ...
Source: Psychological Services - October 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating a community-based training program for evidence-based treatments for PTSD using the RE-AIM framework.
This study reports on STRONG STAR program evaluation using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to assess dissemination and implementation outcomes. Between January 2018 and January 2020, 280 mental health providers from 25 states participated. Providers initiating EBTs for PTSD with 930 patients, reaching 29% who had PTSD among their caseload. Overall, 238 of patients who initiated EBT completed treatment. Patients who completed treatment demonstrated a 32.51-point decrease, t(237) = 25.27, p (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - October 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating a community-based training program for evidence-based treatments for PTSD using the RE-AIM framework.
This study reports on STRONG STAR program evaluation using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to assess dissemination and implementation outcomes. Between January 2018 and January 2020, 280 mental health providers from 25 states participated. Providers initiating EBTs for PTSD with 930 patients, reaching 29% who had PTSD among their caseload. Overall, 238 of patients who initiated EBT completed treatment. Patients who completed treatment demonstrated a 32.51-point decrease, t(237) = 25.27, p (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - October 25, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A national train-the-trainer program to enhance police response to veterans with mental health issues: Primary officer and trainer outcomes and material dissemination.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 730-739; doi:10.1037/ser0000520Law enforcement officers (LEOs) may play the most important role in directing people in mental health crises into treatment versus incarceration. While most military veterans will never experience a crisis interaction with LEOs, they represent an important at-risk target group for whom to enhance LEO response. The evidence supporting LEO crisis training models includes important limitations that stem from jurisdiction-limited studies, and emphasize LEOs who volunteer for mental health training. The current study reports the primary outcomes of a na...
Source: Psychological Services - September 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Table for two: Perceptions of social support from participants in a weight management intervention for veterans with PTSD and overweight or obesity.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 719-729; doi:10.1037/ser0000577Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at an increased risk of being classified as overweight or with obesity in part due to PTSD symptoms (e.g., sleep disturbance and social isolation) interfering with activity and healthy eating. MOVE!+UP is a 16-week behavioral weight management program, tailored to address such barriers for people with PTSD, by combining evidence-based weight loss education and support with cognitive behavior therapy skills to reduce PTSD symptom-based weight management barriers. This qualitative study examin...
Source: Psychological Services - September 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Differences in alcohol screening and alcohol problems among United States veterans based on military service history.
We examined if never-deployed/activated reserve veterans differed from active duty/deployed veterans in alcohol screening and misuse. Using pooled cross-sectional data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH; 2015–2019), we estimated the prevalence of past-year self-reported alcohol screening by a health care provider and measured DSM-IV alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among U.S. veterans aged 18–49 years with at least one health care visit in the past year (N = 4,148). We used regression models to examine for differences in these outcomes between never-deployed/activated reserve veterans and active...
Source: Psychological Services - September 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
