A hopeful new study was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry showing that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be effective in treating clients who have been diagnosed with server Schizophrenia. The Huffington Post summarized these findings. What has your experience shown in working with schizophrenic clients?
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October 26, 2011
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August 18, 2011
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
Excellent New York Times article “Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?” by John Tierney discusses how we become fatigued by making numerous decisions. As the fatigue takes over people tend to resort to either making reckless or impulsive decisions or making no decision at all.
Tip: If you need to ask for something that will require decision-making, do it in the morning before the person has hit their decision making wall.
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July 7, 2011
The Impact of Postnatal Depression on Children
This article summarizes a recent study conducted by Lynne Murray and colleagues on how a mother’s postnatal depression can impact her children throughout their childhood. The study was published in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
Through the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry you can sign up for a free guest subscription, which allows the subscriber free access to all abstracts and access to certain complete articles. Through this site you are also able to purchase a subscription, which gives you full access to all journal articles. Or, you can buy articles of interest individually, for a very reasonable price.
After reading any journal article, you can receive CE credits through PCES by completing a short review of the article you read. Remember you can sign-up for the journal review now, and then complete it at your leisure.
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April 26, 2011
Upcoming Workshops on Spanish for Mental Health Professionals
We have learned about two upcoming workshops on Spanish for Mental Health Professionals. One is on May 7th. This one-day class will assist the therapist in getting their Spanish skills up to speed so that they can see Spanish speaking clients or apply for bilingual positions.
The ongoing Monday evening group will assist the intermediate to advanced Spanish-speaking therapist in continuing vocabulary development and much more.
Both courses are held in the Los Angeles area.
For more information visit click here.
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March 24, 2011
CISM Clearinghouse
Yesterday I came across an excellent site that functions as a CISM clearinghouse. In addition to collecting worldwide resources, they are developing a directory of onsite specialists. There has never been a database of trained, experienced CISM providers where one can access their contact information for free. They provide this and are working on recruiting specialists to join their directory. If you are a CISM provider or need someone who is an expert in crisis debriefing, this site is worth checking out.
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March 14, 2011
Forced Outpatient Electroshock Therapy in the U.S. – Human rights issue or good medicine??
Elizabeth Ellis of Minnesota is a 67 year old woman from Minnesota who is under court order to receive outpatient electroshock therapy. You can read all about her story here . I am very interested in what others have to say about this. Do you feel that this is a human rights violation or a necessary intervention?
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March 7, 2011
Jonah Lehrer on Distractions, ADHD, and Creativity
Studies of college students show a link between distractibility and creative accomplishments. Could Attention Deficit have its’ advantages?
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November 28, 2010
Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Depression
Depression has been associated with diseases that are characterized by inflammation, which led researchers to see if there is a reduction in occurrences of depression among those who take aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs. In this study they found a correlation between aspirin use and reduced incidents of Major Depression. Click here to read the full article.
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November 23, 2010
New Drug Approved To Assist In Treating Opiate Addiction
Vivitrol has jut been approved to help with opiate addiction. It works by blocking the opiate receptors in the brain. Click here to read the full article in WebMD.
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October 28, 2010
New PCES Bookstore!
We just added a book store to our site and want to offer the best psychology and self-help books, which ones are your favorites? Through our Amazon Book Store we will make it easy for therapists to choose some of the best works in the field, while ordering their online book report at the same time. This way they can get CE credits for reading a book of their choosing.
Let us know which psychology/self-help books are your favorite and we will add them to our store.