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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

March 1, 2013

Clinician’s Digest

DSM-5 Ready for Release

At the turn of the millennium, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) began a massive undertaking to expand the scientific basis for psychiatric diagnoses with an... Read More

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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

March 1, 2013

Clinician’s Digest

Reading Emotions

When it comes to the craft of conversation, most of us believe that some face-to-face interaction is the key component of emotional communication. For social... Read More

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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

January 1, 2013

Learning How to Learn

Strengthening New Year’s Resolutions

The holiday cookies are all eaten and the last champagne toast has been downed. It’s time for a new year and a new you, right... Read More

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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

January 1, 2013

The Antipsychotic Epidemic

An alarming number of children and adolescents who walk into a psychiatrist’s office in the United States each year walk out with prescriptions for powerful... Read More

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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

January 1, 2013

Can Video Games Power Up Your Practice?

Wonder if Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man ever needed couples therapy? What might a family therapist say about the sibling rivalry of the Super Mario Bros... Read More

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Magazine Article - The Therapy Beat

November 1, 2012

Psychotherapy's Declining Market Share

While the "empty chair" was once identified as a popular Gestalt therapy technique, for many therapists today, faced with empty appointment hours and diminished clinical... Read More

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November 1, 2012

Can Genes Predict Therapy Outcome?

What if you could predict how well a client would respond to psychotherapy? What if a simple test could tell you whether a patient needed... Read More

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November 1, 2012

Navigating the Maze of DSM-5

The American Psychiatric Association is scheduled to publish the much-delayed fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) by May 2013. With its worldwide... Read More

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November 1, 2012

What Causes Borderline Personality Disorder?

Do childhood trauma and a chaotic family environment cause adult borderline personality disorder (BPD)? Common clinical wisdom says yes, but new results are leading some... Read More

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September 12, 2012

Old Pills, New Promises for PTSD

With nearly eight million Americans affected by the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and tens of thousands of troops returning from military operations in... Read More

Jared DeFife, PhD, is an Atlanta psychologist specializing in caring counseling to help passionate professionals overcome self-doubt, shame, and insecurity.