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LGBT
fromPsychology Today
11 hours ago

Conversion Therapy Is Still Happening. Now, It's Protected.

The Supreme Court's ruling jeopardizes conversion therapy bans in over 20 states, impacting LGBTQ communities and licensed therapists' rights.
Law
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

The Supreme Court Just Condemned Countless Kids to Psychiatric Abuse

The Supreme Court's ruling overturns Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, raising concerns about psychiatric abuse and substandard medical care for children.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Mental Health Attorneys and Psychiatric Interventions

Interventions are confrontations by family or friends to compel treatment, but they can lead to unexpected adverse events.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
17 hours ago

When Therapy Explains Before It Understands

Therapists may misinterpret clients' experiences by relying on familiar frameworks, potentially overlooking genuine feelings and differences.
#mental-health
NYC parents
fromCity Limits
1 day ago

Opinion: Fulfilling New York's Legal and Moral Obligation to Support Children's Behavioral Health

Children in New York's poorest areas face severe mental health care shortages, leading to increased risks of hospitalization and incarceration.
Social media marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
2 weeks ago

Mental Health Is One of Social Media's Biggest Content Categories. So Why Are Behavioral Health Employers Invisible? - Social Media Explorer

Mental health content on social media outperforms healthcare professionals, highlighting a marketing issue for behavioral health organizations.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago
Mental health

We All Belong: A Perspective on People on the Outskirts

People with psychosis and mental health conditions often feel a profound sense of not belonging in society and psychiatric settings.
fromNature
2 months ago
Mental health

Student mental health is in crisis - here's how to help

University students face rapidly increasing mental-health disorders while a minority receive support, with pronounced access gaps in low- and middle-income settings and among ethnic minorities.
NYC parents
fromCity Limits
1 day ago

Opinion: Fulfilling New York's Legal and Moral Obligation to Support Children's Behavioral Health

Children in New York's poorest areas face severe mental health care shortages, leading to increased risks of hospitalization and incarceration.
Social media marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
2 weeks ago

Mental Health Is One of Social Media's Biggest Content Categories. So Why Are Behavioral Health Employers Invisible? - Social Media Explorer

Mental health content on social media outperforms healthcare professionals, highlighting a marketing issue for behavioral health organizations.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

We All Belong: A Perspective on People on the Outskirts

People with psychosis and mental health conditions often feel a profound sense of not belonging in society and psychiatric settings.
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Getting Closer to the Bones

Coping with the death of a loved one is individual and, like anything else, exemplified by what works for you. Grief rituals can be practiced alone or with others, created uniquely by you or replicated over centuries.
Relationships
US news
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sexual abuse during months in federal custody, family says

Delays in reunification led to a young girl suffering alleged sexual abuse in foster care after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
5 days ago

APA Member Interview, Chloe W. Chang

Chloe Chang transitioned from business to philosophy, focusing on human existence and our relationship with AI in the digital age.
Social justice
fromCornell Chronicle
1 week ago

James Garbarino, expert on childhood trauma, dies at 78 | Cornell Chronicle

James Garbarino, a leading expert on childhood trauma, passed away at 78, leaving a legacy in child development and violence-related research.
SF LGBT
fromBronx Times
1 week ago

'You saved my life': How one Bronx social worker helps transgender patients recover with dignity - Bronx Times

Asha Lyons provides vital support to transgender patients during recovery, emphasizing the importance of visibility and care in their journeys.
#lgbtq
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 days ago

I live in Colorado. Conversion therapy destroyed my life. - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy causes significant harm, and recent Supreme Court rulings threaten the safety and well-being of LGBTQ youth.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

Why is conversion therapy so harmful? It's all about how young people form their identities. - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy significantly harms LGBTQ+ youth, increasing suicidality and emotional distress during their critical identity-forming years.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 days ago

I live in Colorado. Conversion therapy destroyed my life. - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy causes significant harm, and recent Supreme Court rulings threaten the safety and well-being of LGBTQ youth.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

Why is conversion therapy so harmful? It's all about how young people form their identities. - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy significantly harms LGBTQ+ youth, increasing suicidality and emotional distress during their critical identity-forming years.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

A clinical psychologist explains that the need to 'earn' your place in every room you enter isn't humility. It's the residue of a childhood where love had prerequisites, and you internalized the application process as permanent. - Silicon Canals

Humility can mask a dangerous need for validation rooted in childhood experiences, leading to exhaustion rather than true ambition.
SF politics
fromKqed
1 week ago

Domestic Violence Survivor Advocates Push S.F. to Fund Legal Counsel Voters Approved | KQED

Survivors of domestic violence in San Francisco face legal challenges and insufficient support despite the establishment of a new office for victim rights.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Not everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals

Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Killed by the same abuser: Families demand answers

Family of missing woman Fiona Holm faced police inaction despite concerns about her boyfriend's behavior and previous violence.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Mother, Clinician, Witness: Healing Communities

Violence against children impacts the entire community, necessitating protective programs and trauma-informed care for meaningful change.
fromApaonline
1 week ago

APA Member Interview, Christian Culak

Currently I'm working on a virtue ethics approach to the issue of whether examples of moral badness should be allowed in machine learning with artificial moral agents. Motivating the side that we should do so is of special interest to me, with a focus on actions that are not wrong yet worse than morally indifferent.
Philosophy
#conversion-therapy
LGBT
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

SCOTUS Rules Conversion Therapy Ban Likely Unconstitutional

State bans on conversion therapy may be unconstitutional, but the practice is harmful and unethical regardless of legal status.
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago
Mental health

I Underwent "Conversion Therapy" as a Child. As a Psychiatrist, I Know How Professionally Derelict It Is.

LGBT
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

SCOTUS Rules Conversion Therapy Ban Likely Unconstitutional

State bans on conversion therapy may be unconstitutional, but the practice is harmful and unethical regardless of legal status.
fromSlate Magazine
4 weeks ago
Mental health

I Underwent "Conversion Therapy" as a Child. As a Psychiatrist, I Know How Professionally Derelict It Is.

Privacy professionals
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge

Internet Watch Foundation researchers identified a child sexual abuse victim after years of searching by recognizing her school uniform in images, enabling police to locate and help her.
Boston
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Advocates sue Worcester over response to mental health 911 calls, alleging discrimination

Worcester's 911 service sends armed police to all mental health calls, leading to escalated violence against people with mental health disabilities and autism, prompting a federal discrimination lawsuit.
Brooklyn
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won't let them leave

Mental health chaplains work with homeless individuals experiencing serious mental illness, navigating the complex intersection of psychiatric symptoms, delusions, and housing instability while maintaining compassion and patience.
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

People With Bipolar and BPD Struggle in Mental Healthcare

There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your emotions, of your closest relationships-both across months and multiple times a day. Knowing deep down that something is wrong but being unable to stop it.
Mental health
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

'Why we want child abuse nursery held accountable'

Parents of children abused at a London nursery criticize Camden Council for refusing to investigate safeguarding failures, citing conflict of interest concerns.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Sussex therapist who claimed he could heal trauma with sex jailed for 11 years

A therapist convicted of sexual offences claimed to heal birth trauma through sexual contact, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being revealed as a banned, fraudulent practitioner who repeatedly abused vulnerable clients.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

An IFS Therapy Program for PTSD: A Proof-of-Concept Study

The IFS therapy-based PARTS program is a promising cost-effective treatment for PTSD and related mental health issues.
NYC parents
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

When Protection Becomes Punishment

Mandated reporting trainings emphasize legal compliance over understanding how CPS functions as a policing mechanism that disproportionately harms marginalized families.
fromAbove the Law
4 weeks ago

Lawyer Convicted Of Systematic Sexual Abuse Of Children - Above the Law

Bishop was found guilty on 24 counts of committing lewd acts on three minor victims, all described in court documents as victims under the age of 14. The span of these offenses covers multiple years. Evidence admitted at trial showed that Bishop possessed more than 600 images of child sexual abuse material depicting two of the minor victims.
Law
Public health
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Social workers demand UCSF improves safety after worker fatally stabbed by patient

UCSF social workers demand stronger workplace safety measures and increased staffing following a colleague's fatal stabbing, citing unaddressed safety concerns and lack of leadership response.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
3 weeks ago

APA Member Interview, Caroline Wall

Individual virtues should be cultivated alongside universal virtues because ethical virtue requires perceiving values correctly, and values depend on what subjects are like as individuals.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Disclosing Abuse: How to Choose the Right Person to Tell

Many childhood abuse victims remain silent due to fear of judgment and disbelief, but choosing the right person to confide in can provide support.
NYC parents
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago

The moms who risked jail & deportation to fight for their trans kids - LGBTQ Nation

Three mothers were arrested protesting proposed Trump administration rules that would eliminate federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals nationwide.
SF parents
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month ago

My dad tried to kill me,' dying California girl tells first responders, prosecutor says

An 81-year-old man is on trial for fatally stabbing his 11-year-old stepdaughter and attempting to kill his wife during a 2018 attack at their Garden Grove home.
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

My High School Teacher Groomed Me. I Kept His Secret - Until Now.

A teacher groomed and sexually abused a student starting at age 14-15, exploiting her vulnerabilities and isolation through manipulation, special attention, and isolation tactics that continued into college.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Everyone Deserves Trauma-Informed Healthcare

Trauma-informed care must extend beyond mental health to all medical settings, using principles of partnering, consent, and pacing to honor patient humanity and prevent retraumatization.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Bureaucratization of the Therapist

Psychotherapy and counselling psychology, however, did not emerge from institutional logic. The field was forged within relational, psychoanalytic, and depth-oriented traditions that prioritize lived experience, symbolic meaning, cultural complexity, and human nuance over procedural standardization. Bureaucracy seeks predictability, yet psychotherapy was built upon a disciplined engagement with uncertainty.
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SF parents
fromPadailypost
1 month ago

Expert says people should talk openly about suicides, not hide them

Suicide prevention requires comprehensive community engagement including schools, medical professionals, and families teaching students to recognize warning signs in peers.
LGBT
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Why Queer Clients Need Queer Therapists

Queer and trans clients often experience misunderstanding and pathologization from straight therapists, making queer-identified therapists essential for affirming mental health care.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When the Well Is Poisoned

Poisoning the well is an ad hominem attack that preemptively discredits someone by introducing negative information before they speak, contaminating audience perception and trust.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Language Matters When Talking About Child Sexual Abuse

Words such as 'relationship,' 'affair,' 'involvement,' or 'seeing each other' imply mutuality and consent. In the context of child sexual abuse, these implications are false. A child cannot legally or developmentally consent to sexual activity with an adult. Describing abuse using relational language risks distorting the inherent power imbalance and shifting perceived responsibility away from the adult perpetrator.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

You Want a Clinician Who Treats You as Person

Evidence Based Medicine was formalized in the 1990s, largely by Canadian physician David Sackett. Sackett described the goal of EBM is to replace hunches and habits with data and clinical trials. Clinical guidelines were developed involving protocols that tell doctors which drug to prescribe first, what dose to use, when to escalate treatment, and when to refer a patient to a specialist.
Medicine
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Opinion: In all the uproar over Epstein, remember the victims

Released Epstein files remain poorly organized and difficult to navigate, hindering public understanding of the full scope of the sex trafficking conspiracy despite millions of pages being available.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Why Mental Health Language Is Everywhere Now

Mental health terminology has migrated from clinical settings into everyday conversation, reducing stigma and increasing awareness, but clinical meanings shift in common speech, requiring precision for effective care and public discourse.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

IFS Research: Group Therapy for PTSD and Substance Use

PTSD and substance use disorder require integrated treatment combining past- and present-focused techniques, delivered briefly via telehealth to diverse populations.
Education
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Kids Who Aren't Okay

Design schools and classrooms to prioritize students who struggle by embracing developmental variability, individualizing teaching, redefining good teaching as meeting each student where they are.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'I nearly died on the streets - then found a new family'

"I thought I was going to die in the street on this day." Moses describes the moment his health deteriorated to the point where he collapsed outside Victoria Station, having lived on the streets for several months. "I was there for maybe one hour on my knees with my suitcase, and crying in a lot of pain. I was broken." Moses now says he has found a "new family" at the Salvation Army church in Chalk Farm but is still trying to find a permanent home.
UK news
London
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

School mentor jailed over abuse of five girls

A former learning mentor was jailed for sexually abusing five vulnerable teenage girls at a London school and placed on the sex offenders register.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

'It Was Just an Accident'... Until It Wasn't

The movie opens with a brief prologue. A family is driving at night. They hit something on the road, which turns out to be a dog, and the dog dies. The daughter in the back seat is visibly upset. The mother consoles her by saying, "It was just an accident-Dad didn't do it on purpose." Then the title appears, and the main story begins.
Film
Mindfulness
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

When community care became a threat

Northern communities cultivate unassuming, resilient care through small gestures, shared responsibility, and mutual aid shaped by harsh winters and neighborliness.
#psychotherapy
Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

South Bay center could help meet dire need for services for abused children

A Children's Advocacy Center will open in Morgan Hill to provide local trauma, medical, and forensic services to abused and neglected children and families.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Quintessential Secrets of Psychotherapy: The Trauma of Evil

been ignored, neglected, minimized, or dismissed by mainstream psychology but can no longer be denied or avoided without serious consequences. As C.G. Jung (1961) presciently put it, "Today we need psychology for reasons that involve our very existence. . . . We stand face to face with the terrible question of evil and do not even know what is before us let alone what to pit against it."
Philosophy
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Safe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mums

State provision for under-18 residential drug treatment is inadequate, leaving many adolescents without timely, effective care.
Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I'm a Psychoanalyst. I Know the Damage ICE Is Doing to Our Children-and How Long It Will Last.

ICE enforcement inflicts large-scale state trauma on immigrant children in U.S. cities, causing long-term mental-health, developmental, and social harms.
US news
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Law Professor Arrested On 50 Counts In Child Sexual Abuse Materials Case - Above the Law

A Barry University law professor, Glen‑Peter Ahlers, was arrested on 50 counts of unlawful possession of materials depicting the sexual performance of a child and held on $100,000 bond.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How Should You Pick a Therapist? What Should You Consider?

Approach initial therapy meetings as interviews to assess therapist fit, checking online presence for red flags and ensuring they specialize in your specific needs rather than claiming expertise in all areas.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Therapists Can Advocate for Black Women's Health

Sudden, severe medical crises can be terrifying, unpredictable, and occur despite healthy living or prior treatments, sometimes resulting in misdiagnosis, recurrence, or progression.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Sexual Abuse in Families: Be Brave and Address the Harm

Sexual abuse is never the victim's fault; parents can and must address intrafamilial sexual abuse to break cycles of generational trauma and prevent further harm.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

APA Member Interview, Stacy S. Chen

PhD candidate studying how decision-making environments shape medical choices, informed consent validity, and physician-patient relationships, with interests in public health and advocacy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Diagnosing mental health conditions need not be a case of yes/no | Letters

If we treat ADHD as binary (you have it or you do not), we are missing the possibility that we all lie somewhere on a continuum with diagnosed ADHD towards one end (and perhaps an ability to focus and concentrate at the other). A diagnosis of ADHD then depends on where the line is drawn. I suggest that this line has been moved in recent years, so that a large group of people have been caught up in the positive ADHD group, who would not have been previously.
Mental health
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why Victims of Sex Crimes Are Often Blamed

Victim-blaming stems from just-world bias and desire to protect perpetrators' images, causing silencing, stigma, and distress; compassionate listening reduces blame.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Supporting Youth at Risk With Empathic Intervision

Empathic intervision in youth support groups cultivates integrative empathy, building resilience, belonging, and agency through structured dialogue, deep listening, and practical empathic skills.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Better Way to Respond to Mental Health Crises

Most mental health crises do not justify deadly force; specialized mental-health crisis teams reduce violence and produce safer, better outcomes.
Mental health
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Meir Oster on Listening, Leadership, and Modern Social Work

Meir Oster prioritizes listening and practical support to help teens, families, and adults navigate stress, social media effects, and emotional challenges.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Report finds children with mental health diagnoses often incarcerated instead of getting treatment

"Prolonged Incarceration of Children Due to Mental Health Care Shortages,"
Mental health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Transformative Power of Speaking Out

Overpopulation, cultural erosion, and escalating violence have generated pervasive fear and trauma among the Raizal people on San Andrés Island.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why "Confidence" Is the Wrong Goal

Self-confidence requires a nervous system that perceives safety, secure attachment, and self-trust, not only behavioral practice or positive affirmations.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How to Validate Your Black Woman Client's Experience

Countertransference can cause therapists to invalidate Black clients' experiences, contributing to avoidance of mental health treatment.
Mental health
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

California mental health advocate killed by her husband, officials say

Celinda Jane Gonzales, a Yurok mental health advocate and suicide-prevention worker, was killed in an apparent murder-suicide by her husband in Humboldt County.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

In an Age of Vulnerability, Why Is Help So Hard to Ask For?

Walk through an airport bookstore, scroll the podcast charts, or listen to a leadership keynote, and you'll likely find lessons on boundaries and burnout. Celebrities talk about therapy with a casualness that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Coaches tell C-suite executives to " lead with vulnerability." And bestselling books like The Gifts of Imperfection, You Should Talk to Someone, and The Body Keeps the Score have given the world a common vocabulary for talking about anxiety, shame, and trauma.
Mental health
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