By Julia Besser, MA and Lynn Bufka, PhD Psychologists and other health professionals have a fast-approaching deadline to contend with in their already busy schedules. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final ruling that Oct.
Eric A. Harris, JD, EdD, is a lawyer and psychologist. He is in part-time clinical practice. He is a consultant and has lectured on risk management and managed care issues. He may be reached by e-mail at: Disclosure: Financial : No relevant financial relationship exists. Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Improving Cultural Competence in Substance Abuse Treatment is a new 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that proposes strategies to engage clients of diverse racial and ethnic groups in treatment. Culture is a primary force in the creation of a person's identity.
There may be an overlap between the genetic components of creativity and those of some psychiatric disorders, according to a new study. In the study, researchers looked at genetic material from more than 86,000 people in Iceland and identified genetic variants that were linked with an increased risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
By Gina Ulery Florida-licensed mental health counselors, clinical social workers and marriage & family therapists (MFTs) have an upcoming license renewal deadline of March 31, 2015. Licensees are required to renew their licenses biennially in order to maintain the right to practice. Continuing Education (CE) Required for Renewal: CE Required: 30 hours every 2 years, of...
In announcing the good news from the latest global HIV/AIDS report that the virus is being beaten back more quickly than expected, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday made a pronouncement that would have been unthinkable 15 years ago. He said he believes that ending the epidemic in 2030 is not just ambitious, but realistic.
From The Huffington Post Pentagon leaders are finalizing plans aimed at lifting the ban on transgender individuals in the military, with the goal of formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service, senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press. An announcement is expected this week, and the services would have...
By Rachel Aviv In Belgium, euthanasia is embraced as an emblem of enlightenment and progress, a sign that the country has extricated itself from its Catholic, patriarchal roots. Distelmans, who was brought up as a Catholic and then rejected the Church, told me that his work is inspired by an aversion to all forms of...
Cyberbullying on social media is linked to depression in teenagers, according to new research that analyzed multiple studies of the online phenomenon. Victimization of young people online has received an increasing level of scrutiny, particularly after a series of high-profile suicides of teenagers who were reportedly bullied on various social networks.
It's no exaggeration to say that when teenagers are placed in adult prison, horror results. Huffington Post reporter Dana Liebelson investigated the ongoing abuses in her hard-hitting new story, "Cruel And All-Too-Usual." "The adult system is not designed in any way, shape or form to treat children, to rehabilitate children, or to recognize that children are different than adults," an American Civil Liberties Union advocate told Liebelson.