Author Archives: Susan Vaught

Journical Club for October 2024

October Journicle Club Intern, Ashley Wilson, presented information from articles linking the association of cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia.

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Friday Facts for October 2024

Friday October 4, 2024 National Depression and Mental Health Everyone has mental health. Mental health does not mean mental illness. Forty-six percent of people will meet criteria for a mental health condition at some point in their lives (Mental Health … Continue reading

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September’s Friday Facts

Friday September 13, 2024 Recently there has been a growing interest in patientsā€™ affective and emotional needs, particularly for those patients who are forced to spend the last phase of their life in residential facilities (Sollami, et al., 2017). Many … Continue reading

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Case Study Presentations

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On August 6th, employees from several hospital disciplines were invited to the 2024 Case Study Presentations from our interns. At the beginning of internship year, each intern is assigned a patient whom has been identified as a challenge for our … Continue reading

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2024 Mock Trial Experience

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Again this year, our interns met with Dr. Danielle Smith and her husband, Assistance County Attorney, Jared Smith, to get a taste of what to expect when providing expert testimony in a court of law. Interns are provided background and … Continue reading

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April Journical Club – Black Maternal Health and Medical Conditions Predictability by Social Media Posts

Lynn provided us with a two in one presentation this month. First was a short information presentation for Black Maternal Health Week. Lynn recently became a first time mom and has helped to shed light on maternal health facts that … Continue reading

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June Journical Club: ART for PTSD

Journical Club- Shakeira Frye Article: Kip, K. E., Berumen, J., Zeidan, A. R., Hernandez, D. F., & Finnegan, A. P. (2019). The emergence of accelerated resolution therapy for treatment of postā€traumatic stress disorder: A review and new subgroup analyses.Ā Counselling and … Continue reading

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2023 Mock Trial Seminar

Each year, we meet with Forensic Psychologist (and former WSH intern) Dr. Danielle Smith and her husband, Asst. District Attorney Jarred Smith, Esq., to give our interns a look at how forensic testimony in court proceedings carry out. Jarred does … Continue reading

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Friday Facts: Did You Know…? Facts About Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/9/2019)

  No one born blind has ever developed Schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations seem to be culturally shaped. In the U.S., AH of voices are often described as harsh and threatening, while those heard by individuals with the same diagnosis in Africa … Continue reading

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Friday Facts: Double Trouble? A Brief Look at Comorbid Substance Use in Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/1/2019)

Schizophrenia affects one in every one hundred persons with half of those affected likely to experience co-morbid substance use (as cited in Hunt et al., 2018). This use, in turn, exacerbates the overall symptomologic course of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia … Continue reading

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