ACA President Don W. Locke has sent a letter to the American Psychiatric Association on behalf of professional counselors expressing current concerns about the DSM-5 revision process. The letter focuses on the need for better empirical evidence, the lack of information about proposed dimensional and cross cutting assessments, problems with the
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In the past decade, the number of Americans taking prescription medications for mental health disorders has skyrocketed, as a newly released report from Medco Health reveals that the figure has now risen to more than 20 percent in 2010. The company’s report surveyed 2.5 million insured Americans and compared the use
It might make sense to start trusting your intuition, as new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that a person can tell in just 20 seconds whether a stranger is genetically inclined to be a trustworthy, kind person. Before the study, the researchers took DNA samples of the two
In order to be a successful student, it takes more than smarts, drive for good grades and a desire to study: Students’ surrounding environment and mental health are key components as well. The national nonprofit Turnaround for Children believes a child’s emotional and mental state deserves as much focus as
An angry child may take a toll on a parent’s patience, but according to a Canadian study, it could lead to something even more serious. New data suggests that the more aggressive children are, the more likely they are to have health problems as they grow older. Researchers looked at data
A new technology can help determine who is most at risk for suicides and help reduce the risk of suicide attempts. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the suicide-screening tool, called the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), pinpoints the threshold at which a person’s suicidal thoughts are
A study of more than 300 California mental health providers found that many patients are not receiving care in a timely manner, which could spell bigger troubles for the rest of the country. As USA Today reports, the survey found that many patients are forced to wait for mental health
The National Center for Veterans’ Studies revealed earlier this year that there is an alarmingly high suicide risk among war veterans in college. A report from the Department of Veterans Affairs put the plight of our nation’s veterans further into perspective, with data showing that approximately 18 veterans commit suicide
Despite increased instances of cyber bullying making their way across social networking sites, a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that most teens view these sites as “mostly kind” spaces. Although 88 percent of the teens who were surveyed admitted having witnessed mean or cruel
A new study from the Autism Center of Excellence looking into the cellular makeup of children with autism might give insight as to how the disorder forms. The center’s researchers discovered that the brains of autistic children have more neurons in their prefrontal cortexes than children without autism: “The autistic children