Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) announced that it was adding Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists to its workforce as part of the hiring of an additional 1,900 mental health staff nationwide that VA announced last week. Included in the announcement was this quote
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The American Counseling Association is seeking help from students and new professionals in designing the 2013 “For Graduate Students and New Professional Only” conference series. ACA wants to hear from you about what should be part of that lineup at the 2013 ACA Annual Conference in Cincinnati next March. Each
Researchers from McMaster University are suggesting that the negative physical side effects from commonly prescribed antidepressants outweigh any good the medications do for patients. “We need to be much more cautious about the widespread use of these drugs,” said lead author Paul Andrews. “It’s important because millions of people are prescribed
Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have created a new tool to measure workaholism. According to researcher Cecilie Schou Andreassen, in the wake of globalization, new technology and blurred boundaries between work and private life, the world is witnessing an increase in workaholism. “A number of studies show that work addiction has
The aim of a five-year study about domestic violence is not only to identify more victims but also to determine whether pregnant women are more likely to admit to a computer that they’re victims of domestic violence. The study is being funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child
Much has been made of the rise of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr and their connection to instances of cyberbullying, suicides and low-self esteem in some users. But mental health organizations are beginning to put features in place on these networks in an effort to prevent suicides.
A new group in Washington, D.C., is striving to remind some of the city’s stressed out inhabitants that playtime doesn’t have to end just because their school days are in the past. Spacious, founded by 23-year old Joey Katona and 51-year-old Cary Umhau, says on its website that the group is “engaged in
One of the pillars of the counseling is empowering clients to achieve the goals they have set themselves. But over time, counselors have also placed greater focus on international issues and social justice counseling. Manivong J. Ratts, president of Counselors for Social Justice, a division of the American Counseling Association, calls
Scientists are hopeful that a blood test examining biological markers for depression could one day help to better diagnose the disorder. As The Los Angeles Times reports, researchers examined 28 biological markers that circulate in the bloodstream, and found that 11 of them could predict the presence of depression at
The Department of Defense is using therapy dogs to help veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) they may have developed while fighting overseas. As The Atlantic reports, the initiative is through the Defense Department’s National Intrepid Center of Excellence. With the