Tag: Clinical Psychology Training
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HiTOP and Clinical Psychology Training: A Conversation with Dr. Aidan Wright
by Matt MattoniTemple University As clinical psychologists, we rely on normed structures and classifications of psychopathology for research, therapy, and assessment. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has long dominated the field, despite flaws of arbitrary cutoffs and boundaries, within-disorder heterogeneity, and between-disorder comorbidity. To address classification-related issues such as these, numerous…
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Student Wellness Initiatives in PCSAS Programs
by Molly Bowdring, University of Pittsburgh Graduate students are at significant risk for mental health issues. One estimate suggests that compared to the general population, graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety (Evans et al., 2018). Clinical psychology trainees are, unfortunately, not immune to this problem (El-Ghoroury et al.,…