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“Psychotherapy with Older Adults” based on the book by Bob G. Knight. This book includes a comprehensive discussion of assessment and options for intervention with older adults. Numerous case examples are utilized throughout the book and the author has added two new chapters from the previous edition to cover working with persons with dementia and working with caregivers. Click here to read more about this book, the author, and to order now!
“Helping Abused and Traumatized Children” based on the book by Eliana Gil. This invaluable book presents course participants with an integrative treatment model that combines play with other expressive therapies with elements of cognitive-behavioral and family therapy. Dr. Gil discusses the nuts and bolts of involving parents and siblings in therapy and insights are offered into clinical challenges such as post-traumatic play and dissociation. Four in-depth case examples are used throughout the book demonstrating Dr. Gil's understanding of the complexities of real-world clinical practice. Click here to read more about this book, the author, and to order now!
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New Affiliate Program
Many professional organizations, agencies, and associations are looking for a way to offer on-line and home study continuing education courses to their members or staff. Since offering such programming often involves high start-up costs and time-consuming administration, many are unable to implement such educational programming.
Our affiliate program is designed to allow organizations, agencies, and associations a way to offer quality on-line and home study courses while earning additional revenue. There are no costs or fees to participate. Click here for more information about our new affiliate program.
Past Child Abuse Plus Variations in Gene Result in Potent PTSD Risk for Adults:
A traumatic event is much more likely to result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults who experienced trauma in childhood – but certain gene variations raise the risk considerably if the childhood trauma involved physical or sexual abuse, scientists have found. The research was conducted with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, and others.
"Untangling complex interactions between genetic variations and environmental factors can help us learn how to predict more accurately who’s at risk of disorders like PTSD. It can help us learn which prevention and treatment strategies are likely to work best for each person," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Results of the study were reported on March 19 in a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association devoted to the influence of genes on health and disease, by Elisabeth Binder, M.D., Ph.D., Kerry J. Ressler, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues from Emory University and other facilities. Click here for more information from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Depressed Adolescents Respond Best to Combination Treatment:
A combination of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication appears to be the most effective treatment for adolescents with major depressive disorder-more than medication alone or psychotherapy alone, according to results from a major clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the October 2007 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
The long-term results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) found that when adolescents received fluoxetine (Prozac) alone or in combination with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) over the course of 36 weeks, they recovered faster than those receiving CBT alone. However, taking fluoxetine alone appeared to pose some safety concerns for the teens. During treatment, thise taking fluoxetine alone had higher rates of suicidal thinking than those in combination treatment. Click here for more information from the National Institute of Mental Health.