Category Archives: Continuing Education

Friday Factoids Catch-Up: The Multiple Roles of a Psychologist

The role of psychologists is changing as overall mental health service needs and service systems change. Separating medical health from mental health is not always so clear cut. With advances in the medical fields, psychologists must also embrace a new … Continue reading

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Bilingualism, Biculturalism and Personality

There is plenty of research dedicated to the topics of bilingualism and biculturalism, but they may often be lumped together and defined as one in the same. Grosjean (2015) attempts to describe how a bicultural bilingual can take on different … Continue reading

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Article Review: Bullying, Depression, and Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Primary Care Sample (Kodish, Herres, Shearer, et al, 2016)

Kodish, Herres, and Shearer, et al’s Bullying, Depression, and Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Primary Care Sample seeks to explore what, if any, causal relationship there may be between bullying and the prevalence of suicide among youth aged 14 to … Continue reading

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Heroin and Fentanyl–A Match Made in Hell

  Heroin use has always been a serious issue where drug abuse is concerned, but in the last few years it has become even more deadly due to fentanyl being added to give it more ā€œkickā€. Ā Dealers have begun including … Continue reading

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: New Treatments For Tic Disorders Associated With Touretteā€™s

  Tics,Ā which are characterized by sudden, repetitive, non-rhythmic body movements and/or vocalizations associated with tic disorders and Touretteā€™s syndrome, are involuntary movements that may involve the hands, shoulder shrugging, eye blinking, etc.Ā  In many cases, these tics do not get … Continue reading

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