Category Archives: Mental Health and Wellness

Friday Factoid Catch-Up: Teen Coping Strategies

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Susan Vaught

A recent article in the New York Times by Lisa Damour (2017) discussed coping strategies of teenagers. Along with feedback from practicing psychologists, Damour provided some interesting descriptors of coping mechanisms that may be criticized or possibly overlooked by adults. … Continue reading →

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Article Review: Marek, R. J., Heinberg, L. J., Lavery, M., Rish, J M., & Ashton, K. (2016)’s A Review of Psychological Assessment Instruments For Use in Bariatric Surgery Evaluations

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Susan Vaught

Marek, Heinberg, Lavery, Rish, and Ashton (2016) offer a thorough review of psychological assessment instruments for bariatric surgery patients. Through their literature review, they highlight the association of pre-surgical psychological factors with weight gain post-op and recurrence of behavioral … Continue reading →

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: City Interns Have Higher Burnout!

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Susan Vaught

City Interns, have higher burnout rates! Or, one current intern’s shameful –but heartfelt-plug, to incoming interns. Going through this stressful ordeal only one year ago, I often wondered about the creators of the psychology internship process? Obviously, self-care, … Continue reading →

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Kids and Coping

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Susan Vaught

Coping skills are important not only because they allow children to manage their social emotional challenges, they may also contribute to their feelings of connectedness. Success for Kids (SFK) is a program that provides a curriculum for children’s social emotional … Continue reading →

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Susan Vaught

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been a hot topic for some time now and more and more children are being diagnosed with ADHD than ever before. Lunau (2014) quoted Enrico Gnaulati by writing that an ADHD diagnosis is “as … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Susan Vaught

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

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Susan Vaught

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: The Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Susan Vaught

While many states have decriminalized the possession, use, and cultivation of natural Cannabis for either medicinal or recreational purposes, a majority of states continue to follow Federal guidelines with their approach to natural Cannabis and the law. This … Continue reading →

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Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Memory, the Real McCoy?

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Susan Vaught

Memories develop starting at birth and continue to develop throughout the life cycle as we age. The brain remembers by association, strengthening neural connections through repetition (“use it or lose it principle”) (Willingham, 2007). Research has shown that, although memory … Continue reading →

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